The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 159)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 159)

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"The rifle which J had was an English make. The leader of
our fasil gave it to me. It belonged to the revolt. But it was
not a good one - when you shot it once or twice it became
very hot and the bullet wouldn’t come out. Then I bought a
better one”. 7”
There was also a wide variety of pistols. By the end of 1937, the rebels
began to use machine guns, gained during clashes with the British forces.
Hand grenades (Mills 36) were also gained from the British. 7* The rebels
were inventive with what little that was available to them. Handmade
grenades which looked like jam cans and were used mainly in towns,
were manufactured locally. 7
However, they were most inventive in making mines, using very
ordinary materials such as pipes, sugar, gun powder, or potassium and
nails. Mohammad Wadi, who was the mines specialist in the area
between Ramleh and Jaffa, which was under the leadership of Sheikh
Hasan Salameh, learned to make mines when he was doing quarry work.
He used his expertise to lay mines during the revolt.
"I brought a meter and a quarter of four inch pipe and
punched two holes in the middle. After blocking one of the
ends, I filled it with a mixture of potassium and sugar.
These materials, when burned, make a strong explosion. I
put a pencil in each of the two holes. I would beforehand
ave asked the blacksmith to make a piece of iron, 5cm
wide, with two holes the same size and spacing as the holes
in the pipe, and to put two no 17mm nails in the holes.
When I wanted to plant the mine, I would dig a hole in the
ground and put the pipe in it with the two holes facing
upwards. I then took the pencils off and filled the holes
with caps. But if I put the two nails attached to the iron
piece in the holes with the caps already in, 1 would kill
myself, because when the nails touch the caps they will
burn, and the material inside the pipe would explode. So
first, I fixed two springs to the nails and the pipe would
explode if a weight pushed the nails into the holes, burnin
the caps. I covered the mine with a cloth so the dirt would
not come inside the holes, and covered it all with soil so it
could not be seen. When the army vehicle ran over it, its
weight would push the nails inside the holes, burned the
caps which in turn burn the material inside the pipe and
the mine exploded”
27 Bashir Ibrahim, personal interview, 15/7/1984 Zeita,
Tulkarm.
28 Yusif Rajab Radi’i, Thawrat 1936. p.54
29 Ibid. p.55
30 Mohammad Wadi, personal interview, May 1985. Amman, Jordan

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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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