The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 113)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 113)

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The first of the rebel operations to alert the British authorities to the
resumption of the armed revolt was the successful assassination on the
25th September 1937 of Andrews, the British Acting District
Commissioner of Galilee in Nazareth.” He was a pro-Zionist and was
hated by the Arabs of that area.An eye-witness describes the
assassination:
“Andrews, the District Commissioner of that area, took it
upon himself to make that area Jewish. He used to speak
fluent Arabic. They (the rebels) killed him on Sunday as he
was going to the Church. Four or five men shot at him and
thenran away. The British arrested many people. I was
one of them. They took some of us to Jerusalem for
interrogation and others were taken to Acre".®
By the end of 1937, the revolt had spread south as far as Beersheba,
and north to Upper Galilee. The propaganda campaign conducted by the
rebels, the frequent visits of the rebel leaders to the different areas, the
success of the rebel attacks on British and Jewish targets, the general
disappointment felt by the Palestinian Arabs as a result of the Royal
Commission’s recommendations, and the tense political atmosphere
following the publication of the report, all helped to spread the idea that
only armed struggle would bring an end to the British Mandate and the
Jewish national home project, and the achievement of national goals.
The intensification of rebel operations in the Galilee area was
additionally motivated by the suggestion in the partition scheme of the
Royal commission that Galilee should be included in the Jewish state.
It soon became apparent to the British authorities that the revolt was
growing and spreading to all parts of the country, and that the rebels’
organisation and fighting skills had improved considerably, as had their
operations. Names like Abu-Durra in the Jenin-Haifa area, ’Abd al-
Rahim Haj Mohammad in the Tulkarm-Nablus area, ’Arif ’Abd al-Raziq
in the Tulkarm-Ramalla area, Issa Battat in Hebron, ’Abd al-Qadir al-
78 Robert John and Sami Hadawi, Palestine Diary. p.289
79 Rajih ‘Abboushi, personal interview, 31/3/85, Jenin.

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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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