The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 139)
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- The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 139)
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Th nferen f Deir Ghassaneh
The Central Committee for the Jihad which started to operate in the
autumn of 1937 in Damascus and Lebanon, was composed of the Mufti,
Sheikh Hasan Abu al-Saud, Munif al-Husseini and Ishaq Darwish who
were in Lebanon, and Izzat Darwaza and Mu’in al-Madi in Damascus, 27
supported by some Syrian nationalists such as al--Azmeh brothers Nabih
and ’Adel. This Committee supported the rebel leaders in Palestine and
supplied them with arms, ammunition, money and other supplies, as well
as acting as an advisory body.** Each of the rebel leaders in Palestine
maintained separate contact with the Central Committee.”
As mentioned above, there were some unsuccessful attempts by
certain rebel Commanders to try and unite under one leadership and to
coordinate between the various fasa’il operating in different areas.
However, the need to coordinate between the rebel groups increased
with the growing numbers of rebels, the need to keep constant contact
with the Central Committee in Damascus, and the need to solve many
administrative and logistic problems, which the leaders were unable to
solve by operating independently in his region and maintaining separate
contacts with the Central Committee.
The rebel leaders, ’Abd al-Rahim Haj Mohammad, ’Arif ’Abd al
Raziq, Yusif Said Abu-Durra, Mohammad al-Salih, and Hasan Salameh,
met on the 19th of September 1938 in the village of Deir Ghassaneh near
Ramallah, and agreed to form Diwan al-Thawrah al-Arabiyah Fi Filastin
(Bureau of the Arab Revolt in Palestine). "Abd al-Rahim was appointed
first General Commander, and each of the Bureau members would be
head of the Bureau in rotation.“ Mamdouh al-Sukhn was appointed the
37 Izzat Darwazah, al-Qadiyah al Filastini 8-9
38 Ibid, p ogee Qadiy iniya. pp.208-9.
i Ibid. pp.209-210.
Akram Zueiter, Watha’ iq al-Haraka. pp.514-517 - تاريخ
- 1990-10
- المنشئ
- Sonia Nimr
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