The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 220)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 220)

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At the same time Fakhri al-Nashashibi was trying to recruit members
for his peace bands in the Southern areas of Jerusalem and Hebron, and
began an Anti-Husseini propaganda campaign. On the 30th November
1938, ’Arif "Abd al-Raziq issued a Communique in which he sentenced
him to death. *
Money, as in the case of Fakhri ’Abd al-Hadi, and political and
familial rivalry as in the case of the Nashashibi’s, were strong enough
reasons for them to start peace bands which killed and terrorised many
people. However, in some cases personal revenge was the main reason
for starting peace bands in other areas. As’ad al-Shuqairi was once the
Mufti of the Turkish Fourth Division, later Qadi of Acre, and a
Nashashibi sympathiser. He started a peace band in Northern Palestine
to avenge the death of his son, who was killed by the rebels. In 1939 he
contacted Rabah al-’Awad who was a fasil leader in Northern Galilee
area, to form a peace band. In return he received a full amnesty from the
British authorities, who were to benefit from his invaluable information
on the rebels hiding places, their names and ranks, their movements and
plans. Rabah turned his fasil into a peace band and continued to operate
in the same area. His peace band helped the British in finding, arresting
and disarming many rebels in that area. According to accounts of
interviews from the same area, and from Mubadda Farhat who also
organised a peace band in Galilee, Rabah was imprisoning the rebels,
terrorising the people and extracting money from villagers when they
failed to produce the number of rifles he asked them to surrender. 55
“Once I was going to another village to find a bride for my
cousin. That night I slept in Tarshiha, then the village
became under siege, and Rabah al- Awad came with the
54 See Communique in Appendix F.
55 Mubadda Farhat, personal interview 21/3/1985 Kufur-Yasif,
Galilee; Bulus Hanna Bulus, personal interview 20/3/1985
al-Be’neh, Galilee; Ibrahim Hanna, personal interview
23/3/1985 al-Be’neh, Galilee; Mustafa al-Bakri, personal
interview 2/2/1985 al-Be’neh, Galilee and Mohammad Said
al-Khatib, personal interv few 16/4/1985, Kabul, Galilee

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

تاريخ

1990-10

المنشئ

Sonia Nimr

مجموعات العناصر

رسائل ماجستير ودكتوراه (صفحات)

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