The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 88)
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- The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 88)
- المحتوى
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CHAPTER FOUR
The Revolt of 1 -39: hronological A n
Background
Most studies on the history of Palestine under the British Mandate
agree that the incident which took place on the 15th April 1936, in which
a Jew was killed and another two injured in an ambush on the Nablus-
Tulkarm road, marked the beginning of the 1936-39 revolt in Palestine.’
These studies do not agree, however, on who carried out this attack.
Subhi Yassin and Bayan al-Hout stated that it was a group of Qassamites
led by Sheikh Farhan al-Sa’di; Porath also agrees with them. ? Other
sources stated simply that it was an Arab band, without further details.
Kamal ’Abd al-Rahim Haj Mohammad, son of one of the most
prominent leaders of the revolt, said that his father has led the attack on
1 Bayan al-Hout, al-Qiyadat Wa al-Mu’assasat. pp.331-2; Subhi
Yassin, al-Thawra al-Arabiya. p.30; Akram Zueiter al-
Haraka al-Wataniya. p.53 and Y. Porath, The Palestinian
Arab National Movement, p.162
2 Subhi Yassin, al-Thawra al-Arabiya. p.30 and Bayan al-Hout,
al-Qiyadat Wa al-Mu’assasat. pp.331-2. - تاريخ
- 1990-10
- المنشئ
- Sonia Nimr
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