The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 178)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 178)

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Bashir Ibrahim was chosen by his regional commander and the fasa’il
leaders in his area to be the judge. He had full authority to pass judgment
on smaller cases such as family disputes, but in the bigger cases,
especially those which involved one of the rebels or a collaborator, he
played the role of a prosecutor. He gathered evidence and presented it
to the court which would be set up by higher ranking officers, such as
fasil leaders, regional commanders, or even the area leader himself, as
the following example elaborates:
"Two men stole money, gold, and a pistol from some
Bedouins in the area. One of these thieves was a body
guard for "Abd al-Rahim Haj Mohammad, the General
Commander of the revolt. The bedouins came _ to press
charges against them. I made the investigation and took the
findings to the regional commander and the fasil leaders.
They wrote to ’Abd al-Rahim, asking him to send his man
to stand trial. As a result of their insistence the trial was set
up, headed by the regional commander and the fasa’il
leaders, with the presence of the two defendants. After the
hearing, the plaintiff was asked to find his gold from a
pile different golden objects, and his pistol from another
pile. When he did, the court gave him his things back. The
argument started in the Courtroom. Some of the judges
wanted the death penalty by shooting. But they finally
agreed to give them 50 lashes each, and make them wal
with the rebels barefooted.” They also were exiled from
the region™'”
The Rebel Court System in the Central regions of Palestine,
namely the triangle area, (Jenin, Nablus, and Tulkarm), where the
Central Court was established had a more complicated and sophisticated
court system than that in the Northern regions, of the Galilee, or the
Southern region of Gaza. In the central region the court had an almost
hierarchical system of civil courts to deal with public disputes, military
courts to deal with crimes committed by rebels, and a higher court of
appeal. They had also judges, ceremonies, and even robes and wigs.
Some of these courts had even adopted the British judicial system; there
* To walk barefooted and bareheaded was a shameful thing for
the peasant in Palestine. It could be immediately noticed
that the person had done a shameful thing and was punished
this way. It is a habit in Palestine for a peasant to take
off his head-dress to show he was j .
107 Ibid. insulted
170

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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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