The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 131)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 131)

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for tighter organisation. Therefore they followed al-Qawuqji’s example
of dividing the rebel forces into units (Fasail), with unit Commanders
being responsible to the leader himself.
“There used to be more than 30 rebel leaders in all of
Palestine, and the people worked with them as volunteers.
These volunteers did as they pleased for the most part. But
later, the leaders divided the rebels into units and
appointed a Commander for each unit. They also divided
the areas among themselves. Each of these leaders was
responsible for a Certain area."
There was no fixed number of rebels in each Fasil; it varied from one
village to another with an average troop strength of between ten and
fifteen men. ' In some villages, however, the number of rebels in a unit
could amount to 30 or 40.2 In some areas more than one unit could be
found, with their heads under the command of a Regional or sub-
regional Commander, who himself had a unit of his own. This was the
case in some of the villages in the Tulkarm area:
"In the beginning we were with ’Abd al-Rahim Haj
Mohammad himself. But when the number of rebels grew
bigger, the fasa’il were formed. In Zeita and ’Attil, the
head of the Fasil was ’Abdullah al-Asa’d. In Deir al-
Ghussun there were four fasils lead by four commanders.
Each had a separate budget, but all were responsible to
Ahmad Mas’ad, who himself commanded a Fasil.” 24
It was not standard practice for each village to have a fasil. In some
cases, two villages formed one fasil as in the case of Zeita and ’Attil in
the Tulkarm area, depending on the size of the village and the number of
rebels available. In the bigger villages, more than one fasil could be
found as in the case in Deir al-Ghussun village in the Tulkarm area.
However, it was not always the size of the village or the number of rebels
which determined the formation of more than one fasil.
8 Rajih al-’Abboushi, personal interview, 31/3/1985 Jenin.
Hussein Baytam, personal interview, 21/2/1985 Abu-Snan,
Galilee and Ibrahim Shehadeh, personal interview 8/4/1985
Aqqaba, Jenin
20 Moh
vamnmad al-Shuriedi, personal interview, 21/1/85 Um al-
ahm
21 Bashir Ahmad Ibrahim, personal interview 15/7/84, Zeita,
Tulkarm. He became a rebel judge in his area during the
revolt.
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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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