The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 158)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 158)

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get into the post while the soldiers were asleep, to steal
some weapons. I went there and took a rifle and a pistol-a
lighting pistol. Later, we sent some of our people to Gaza,
where they started to send us weapons they managed to
steal from the police in al-’Arish" 2
According to Lt. General Haining, the Palestine Police were a good
source of rifles, as their arms stores were an easy target for the rebels to
raid and steal from. Firstly, because some of the Arabs in the police force
were supporters of the revolt, and secondly they lacked the experience to
fight back against the rebels’ constant attacks. 23 There were many
supporters of the revolt among the Arabs in the police force, and these
were able to provide the revolt with large quantities of arms and
ammunition.“
"Ibrahim ’Ali Hamdan from Tulkarm was a police officer
in Khan Yunis, but he was doing a lot of things for the
revolt. Once the rebels asked him to get ammunition. He
brought a car and filled it with ammunition which he
covered with a blanket, and put some flowers over the
blanket. When he was on the road to Beit Dajan coming
from Gaza, he met a British army convoy, he was wearing
his uniform. When they asked him where his destination
was, he told them that he was poing to give a testimony in
the court and that he was in a hurry. The officer in charge
of the convoy gave him a pass to enable him to reach the
court quickly. Thus he was able to deliver the ammunition
to Beit Dajan and inform the rebels there that their village
was under siege" 25
B-T of n
The most common weapons used by the rebels were rifles. Almost all
makes of rifles were used, depending on availability - British, French,
Turkish, Russian, Italian, German, and Japanese. In one of the clashes
with the rebels, the British forces found a Portuguese rifle which had
been made in the Eighteenth Century and was still in working order. *
22 Ali ‘Ukshiya, personal interview, 20/3/1985 Gaza
23 General Haining Report to the Colonial Office 30/11/1938,
CO 733/379/75528/74/38
24 Izzat Darwazah, al-Qadiya al-Filastiniya. p.208
25 Kamal ‘Abd al-Rahim Haj Mohammad, personal interview,
9/4/1985. Tulkarm. and Shakir Milhim, personal interview,
6/4/85 Dhinnabah, Tulkarm.
26 Yusif Rajab Radi’i, Thawrat, 1936. p.54
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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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