The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 61)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 61)

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of Jewish immigration on the one hand, and the amount of land that they
had already acquired.
On the role played by the Palestinian leadership in this uprising, there
are two contradictory points of view. On the one hand Bayan al-Hout
considers that Haj Amin al-Husseini, Mufti of Jerusalem, head of the
Islamic Supreme Council, and the executive committee were behind the
uprising and played a crucial role in it. Although she states that there is
no documentary evidence of responsibility for the outbreak on the part
of either the Mufti or the executive committee, this was due, according to
her, to the fact that the Mufti was afraid of losing his post as head of the
Muslim Supreme Council. However, she continues to state that there is
documented evidence to prove that the Mufti and the executive
committee were trying to calm and restrain the masses, asking them to
stop the violence. # Naji Allush, * on the other hand, views the uprising
as spontaneous and believes that the masses did not wait for orders from
the leadership or plan or organise it. He goes on to say that the eruption
of the masses shows that:
"The rejection of the masses not only of the policy of
occupation and the Zionist movement, but also their
rejection of the policy of conferences, meetings and
protests adopted by the executive committee."*
In Allush’s view, it would have been possible and easy for this uprising to
become a national revolt, "if there was a leadership which did not have in
its ranks collaborators and agents”. He believes that all that the executive
committee offered was more protests. ** Kayyali’s view seems to agree
with that of Allush, that the notable leadership did not play a positive
role during the uprising. As he says, the Muslim notables
"Haj Amin, Raghib Nashashibi and Musa Kazim signed a
proclamation in which they disassociated themselves from
31 Robert John and Sami Hadawi, Palestine Diary. p.21l
32 Bayan al-Hout, al-Qiyadat Wa al-Mu’assasat. pp.228-231
33 Naji Allush, al-Moqawama_al-Arabiya. Beirut, 1967, p.70
34 Ibid p.7]
35 Ibid p.72
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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

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1990-10

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Sonia Nimr

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