The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 82)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 82)

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AS a nationalist, al-Qassam believed that British colonialism was
the cause of the Palestinian Arabs’ problems, and that the British were
the main enemy to be fought against, and that Zionism was a product of
this colonialism: "the British were the snake’s head, and Zionism its tail;
cut the head off and the tail will wither away".“ Most of his preaching
was directed mainly against the British. He believed that the political
leaders were incapable of leading the fight against the British and the
Zionists,“ as he saw that the political parties based on family affiliations,
or the traditional religious institutions were not the framework which
would be able to lead and direct the struggle. The only way to stop the
establishment of the Jewish national home, al-Qassam believed, was an
organised popular armed revolt. The people should be mobilized through
the mosques, and should be trained to use weapons."
Although there were a few small groups adopting the armed struggle
before al-Qassam, his movement was the first to adopt armed struggle
with an ideology and an organised political framework. It was this which
convinced many of his followers to continue the struggle after his death,
and many were to become leaders in the revolt of 1936-39.
However, besides adapting of armed struggle and establishing his
movement on an ideological basis by combining religion with
nationalism, the most significant factor which made al-Qassam’s
movement stand out and outlast the political parties of that period was
his class-consciousness, which led to his recruiting workers, dispossessed
peasants and even ex-criminals, living in the shanty towns of Haifa. One
such ex-criminal after being arrested in the Ya’bad clash described to his
interrogators how he became a fighter with al-Qassam:
"I am from Balqis village. I used to steal and commit all
sins forbidden in Islam. Then came al-Qassam, who taught
me how to pray and led me to the right path. He forbade
43.Samih Hammoudeh, al-Wa’i Wa al-Thawra. p60
44.Ibid p.60
45.Arabi Badawi, personal interview 23/5/84, Qabalan, Nablus

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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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