The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 167)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 167)

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would share in feeding them by offering some food and collectively the
village would be able to feed the rebels.
"The peasants did not only take the burden of providing
arms and men, they also assumed the burden of providing
food and drink for the rebels, and of hiding and
accommodating them in their houses and villages. When I
was in Bal’a, we were in a mountain with al-Qawugqji, when
I felt hungry, I used to get bread from a room full of bread,
which had been brought by the peasants. Until two or three
in the morning, women would still be coming with more
bread cheese, olives and water".
The rebels also used to get donations of food, coffee, tea or cigarettes,
which were usually stored at someone’s house. For example, in Silat al-
Harithiya village Abu-Durra had entrusted such a store to one man, and
when he needed any thing from the store he sent a rebel with sealed
papers to the store keeper.“ Other such stores were in Dhinnabah,® and
in Um al-Fahm.
"There was a supplies store in Um al-Fahm for the revolt.
People used to send us things such as 100 cartons of
cigarettes, or 1,000 boiled eggs; and we gave them to a
person to store for us in his house."
However, sometimes the reverse would happen in that some of the poor
families would ask the fasil leader or the one responsible for the rebels
supplies for food.
"If a woman comes to Abu-Durra and tells him that her
family is hungry, and she can’t feed them, he would give
her a paper, sealed with his seal, asking the man in charge
of supplies to give her what she needs."
The rebels paid very little for medical care. There were doctors in
many areas who volunteered to attend to the injured without payment.
62 Salih Baransi, personal interview, May 1985, London
63 Bahjat Abu-Gharbiya, personal interview, 5/5/1985 Amman.
64 Mohammad Jaradat, personal interview, 4/2/1985 Silat al-
Harithiya, Jenin.
65 Kamal ‘Abd al-Rahim Haj Mohammad personal interview,
9/4/1985. Tulkarm, and Shakir Milhim, personal interview
6/4/1985 Dhinnabah, Tulkarm.
66 Nohammad al-Shuriedi, personal interview, 2/1/1985 Um al-
ahm.
67 Mohammad Jaradat, personal interview, 4/2/1985 Silat al-
Harithiyah.
68 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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Sonia Nimr

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