The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 100)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 100)

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prohibition of transfer of Arab land to the Jews; and 3) the establishment
of a national government responsible to a representative council.
The reaction of the British authorities towards the strike was to
impose emergency law, which commenced on the second day of the
strike. This law was imposed until 18th October 1937, and was replaced
by martial law when the revolt became stronger. They began to arrest
national activists on a large scale. In May 1936, 61 activists and strike
organisers were arrested, and many leaders of the National Committees
were exiled to ’Uja al-Hafir in the South of Palestine. Of the activists
who were arrested were Akram Zueiter, Izzat Darwazah, and ’Awni
*Abd al-Hadi,the three were Istiqlalists.° Other measures were taken by
the authorities including the demolishing of houses in villages and towns.
They ordered the destruction of a substantial part of the old city of Jaffa,
resulting in the demolition of 250 houses, thus rendering about 6000
person homeless. At the same time 825 wooden ’barracks’ homes of a
further 4000 people were demolished in other parts of the town.*°
Searches were conducted throughout the villages to find and arrest the
wanted rebels and confiscate their arms."
The Armed Revolt
After the death of al-Qassam in November 1935, the political situation
never returned to normal. It could be stated, as a matter of fact, that the
armed revolt had actually started with the clash in Ya’bad. Those of al-
Qassam’s men who were not arrested immediately formed armed
Suerrilla groups who took to the mountains and began to launch
guerrilla warfare against British personnel and installations cutting
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£8 Akram Zueiter, Watha’iq al-Haraka. Document No.243, p.428
3c Akram Zueiter, Al-Haraka al-Wataniya. pp.112-122
3 Robert John and Sami Hadawi, Palestine Diary. pp.261-2
A.W. Kayyali, Palestine A Modern History. p.281

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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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