The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 233)
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- The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 233)
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According to Glubb Pasha, the revolt in Trans-Jordan did not succeed
because the Trans-Jordanians were not discontented with the British rule
so they did not support the revolt:
"The only direct involvement I had ... was that the
Palestinians wished to make a Rebellion in Jordan. Trans-
Jordan if you like - with the idea of drawing off the British
army from Palestine to suppress a rebellion in Jordan and
so, gangs of these people come into Ajloun, that area. But,
of course, guerrilla depend upon the support of the people,
and so the Arabs of Palestine were discontented and they
did not want to support guerrillas and so the attempt to
raise a rebellion in Jordan failed”. ”
Islamic communities further afield, especially in India, were not
interested in helping their brothers in Palestine as the Mufti hoped and
the British feared. As for the western world, especially Germany, there
was no interest in the Middle East at that time to threaten seriously the
British interests in the region, in spite of the fact that the Mufti himself
visited Germany and asked for arms.* In fact most of the world was
indifferent to the Arab revolt in Palestine, and the small Information
Centre which was established in London by pro-Arab Britons,
administered by a few pro-Mufti Palestinians. ® had very little impact on
the British Public. -
The Revolt finally died out in the first few months of the Second
World War. The casualties on the side of the Arabs were 5000 killed, and
on the British side 300 killed.” _
Ren eee
87 Ibid.
88 Francis R. Nicosia, The Third Reich. London, 1985, pp.194-
89 Frances E. Newton, Fifty years in Palestine. L
pp.281-282 yes . London, 1948,
30 "Memorandum on the comparative treatment of A a
p.2, FO 371/61938 . rabs and Jews
225 - تاريخ
- 1990-10
- المنشئ
- Sonia Nimr
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