The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 107)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 107)

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where al-Qawuqji was stationed with a force of about four hundred
men. The British authorities, who had been notified of the rebels’
presence, brought forces from both Jenin and Nablus and surrounded the
area. The rebels in forcing their way out clashed with the British for
more than an hour, and a number of rebels were killed or injured.
Reinforcements for the rebels then arrived from the surrounding
villages. After withdrawing to the mountain of Yasid nearby, the rebels
gained the initiative and attacked the British forces, leaving forty of their
own men dead and a further twenty wounded. al-Qawugqji had escaped
death or arrest, and thus thwarted the main aim of the British attack.©
The third large battle between the rebels, led by al-Qawuqji, and the
British troops, was on the 29th September 1936, along a front of thirteen
kilometers between the mountains of Silat al-Zahir and Beit Imrin near
Nablus. It lasted for eight hours and the British withdrew at nightfall.
The Battle of Beit Imrin was the last which al-Qawuqji led in Palestine
during the revolt. He left Palestine after the decision of the Higher Arab
Committee to call off the strike and to stop the revolt. al-Qawuqji issued
his last communique before leaving Palestine (No.20), asking the rebels
to cease operations, but to keep their weapons ready.®
Between June and August 1936, Prince "Abdullah of Trans- Jordan
twice attempted to convince the Higher Arab Committee to call off the
strike, but did not succeed. This attempt was repeated by Nuri al-Said,
the Iraqi Prime Minister, who volunteered to be a mediator between the
British and the Higher Arab Committee on this issue. The Higher Arab
60 Hasan Haj Ibrahim, personal interview 3/4/84; Maythalun,
Jenin. An eye-witness to the battle and Subi Yassin, al-
Thawra al-Arabiya. pp133-4
61 Bahjat Abu-Gharbiya, personal interview, 5/5/85, Amman.
Hussein Badawi, personal interview, 8/4/85. Aqqaba, Jenin,
Abdul Aziz Shamaliya, personal interview, 30/5/84, Silat
al-Zhahir, Jenin, and communique no. 11, issued by al-
fami, in Akram Zueiter, Wathaigq al-Haraka. Document No.
> p.
62.Communique No. 20 issued by al-Qawuqji in Akram Zueiter,
Wathaiq al-Haraka. Document No. 257, p451

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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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