The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 137)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 137)

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kinds. One consisted of those fighters who belonged to certain fasa’il,
and had Commanders who issued orders for them to join a battle or a
clash, or to launch an attack on certain targets.
"I was a fasil commander, leading some 40 men. Not all of
them were in the mountains. Only ten or twelve were
wanted by the authorities and remained hiding in the
mountains. The rest would participate with us - fight with
us during the night, and during the day, they went back to
their homes and villages.”
The other kind, which represented the vast majority of the Faza’h forces,
were not organised within the fasa’il formations, but joined battles and
clashes when needed. Some of these also carried out attacks of their own
accord, sometimes when they were not needed to join a battle or a clash.
"We used to go and ambush a British patrol near the
school or on the main road at night. We shot at them, then
we withdrew; and in the morning we were all back in our
fields, tending our crops™?
The Faza’h forces were mobilised for a battle or a clash in three
ways, either by the Regional Commander informing the fasa’il leaders in
his area of the need for auxiliary forces to be made available at the
intended place of battle or attack against the British forces. These fasa’il
leaders would in turn inform the villages of this need. Another way of
mobilising the Faza’h if needed during a battle, was to send a messenger
from the battlefield to the villages, asking for their help. This messenger
was Called Tarish or Sawwat ‘a herald’.
The third way through which Faza’a would also gather when planes
were spotted in a particular area, alerting people to the fact that a battle
was taking place, and they would set off for the battlefield to aid the
rebels on horseback or on foot. Even if they had no arms, they still went,
cafrying sticks, hoes, or stones.™
32 Hussein Badawi, personal interview, 8/4/1985. Aqqaba.
33 Jenin.
Hasan al-Haj Yusif. personal interview. 8/4/1985 Aqqaba,
enin.
34 AY Mustafa al-Zabri, personal interview 5/3/1985, Arrabeh,
enin.
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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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