The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 69)
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- The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 69)
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CHAPTER THREE
The Movement of ’Izz al-Din al-Oassam
The Early Armed Groups
The rise in the number of Jewish immigrants in the twenties, together
with the alarming scale of land sales to the Jews, as well as the failure of
the traditional Palestinian leadership to articulate an effective policy
towards the Zionist project, led some of the Palestinian Arab nationalists
to turn to arms as an effective form of resistance. Various guerrilla
groups were formed in the central and northern regions of Palestine.
They began to launch attacks against Jewish settlements in the hope that
this might frighten the Jews from settling in Palestine. Darwazah
mentions some armed groups operating in the Samakh area, on the
Palestine-Syria borders as early as 1920.
A small armed group was formed in the Tulkarm area in 1923 led by
Arif "Abd al-Raziq [who became one of the most prominent
commanders during the revolt of 1936-39], which attacked Jewish
agricultural settlements near ’Arif’s village al-Taybah. This group, which
1.1zzat Darwazah, al-Qadiya alt ilastiniya. p37 - تاريخ
- 1990-10
- المنشئ
- Sonia Nimr
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