The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 122)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 122)

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"Four more battalions, a battery of artillery and some
armoured cars, with ancillary troops, will arrive during the
course of the next two or three weeks. This will bring the
strength of the military forces up to seventeen battalion of
infantry, in addition to two horsed cavalry regiments, a
battery of artillery and armoured cars."
Haining attempted to stamp out the rebels with the aid of two
divisions, squadrons of airplanes, the British Police, the Trans-Jordanian
frontier forces, and six thousand Jewish auxiliary forces. '* He checked
out and searched every district and village suspected of being a center of
rebel activity.'”
While General Haining was conducting his military operations against
the revolt, the report of the Partition Commission was published on the
9th November 1938. This Commission had been sent out to Palestine to
study the practicability of the Partition Plan suggested by the Royal
Commission the previous year. The Partition Commission ruled out
the Partition Plan as impracticable. Accordingly the government decided
to abandon the proposed partition, and alternatively invited Jews and
Arabs including representatives of some Arab states, to attend a
conference in London, to discuss the situation in Palestine. The
Palestinian Arabs welcomed the abandonment of the Partition Plan but
felt dismayed that the proposed conference would not be discussing the
matters of Jewish immigration and land sales. Their delegation was
headed by Jamal al-Husseini as a representative of the Mufti, and also
included two members of the Defence Party.
In the course of the discussions, it became clear that the conference
(which opened on the 7th February 1939) could not offer a solution to
105 A letter from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to
the Officer administering the government of Palestine, 8th
October 1938, CO. 733/372/16
106 A.W. Kayyali, Palestine A Modern History. p.217
107.Great Britain and Palestine 1915-39, London, 1945, p.103
108 The partition Commission, headed by Sir Woodhead, arrived
in Palestine on 27/4/38 and left on 3/8/38. No Arab
witnesses came forward to present their case. Cmd. 5854.
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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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