The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 162)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 162)

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was effectively used to train other rebels.
"I for example, was a police officer before the revolt. I am
a graduate from the police school. I was trained to use
arms when I was with the police, where I stayed for three
years. After that I joined the revolt.” *
Nevertheless, many other rebels did not have any training and they
gained the knowledge they needed to handle weapons through
experience.
"We trained like this; when we had the arms everyone took
his piece of weapon and went out at night, to shoot and
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Some others did not think that they needed training.
"We trained each other. I taught myself. What does it need
to handle a rifle? It is only a piece of metal in your hands,
and you work it as you want. All it needs is good aiming
and you can hit the target" ©
However, during the years of constant fighting and clashes during the
revolt, the rebels were gaining more experience, and were developing
their fighting skills as well as their organisation. (see Chapter 5).
Supplies: Money, Clothing and Food
The revolt was supported by two main sources of money, the first was
donations from the Arab people in the neighbouring Arab countries, such
as Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Trans-Jordan.“' In Syria for example, the
Syrian Palestine Defence Committee which included some of the most
prominent Syrian nationalists, such as Nabih al-’Azmeh and Nasib al-
Bakri, @ was helping the Central Committee for the Jihad by collecting
donations and organising the buying and smuggling of arms to Palestine.
The money collected from the Arab World was sent to the Central
38 Ibrahim Qasim personal interview. 21/1/85 Musmus, (near Um
al-Fahm)
39 ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Rantisi, personal interview, 4/3/85,
Ramallah
40 Ali ‘Ukshiya, personal interview, 20/3/85, Gaza.
41 Izzat Darwazah, al-Qadiya al-Filastiniya. p.209
42 Y. Porath, The Palestinian fab National Movement. p.242
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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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