The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 179)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 179)

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were appeal courts and military courts dealing with collaborators and
informers. Each court had the same divisions, judges, witnesses, prison
guards etc.
"They were copying the English Courts. Here, you found
them wearing red; and elsewhere another colour. And
those helmets on their heads - they were really
impressive."
Punishment by imprisonment meant either putting the person in a dry
well for the duration of his sentence, or keeping him in a locked room
provided by the village where the Court took place. According to Shakir
Milhim
“when we used to move from one area to the other we
would take the prisoners with us and lock them, in a room
in the other village. The imprisonment punishment meant
that the prisoners will not be able to go and visit their
families"
In the northern regions however, the system was much simpler and
the trials were conducted by the regional commanders when they visited
areas or camped nearby. Often the fasil leaders played the roles of
judges and executioners as this example elaborates:
"A man from al Ghassaneh village was engaged to his
cousin but her brothers refused to let him marry her. He
came to me for help, and I told him that I was going
somewhere, but would deal with the matter later. When I
was in the village I was visiting, the army came and put a
siege around it. I knew that this man had informed the
authorities about my presence in the village. I asked the
men to bring him to me, and asked him how much he took
to inform on me and Rashid al-’Abd [another fasil leader],
he said £P100 I asked him if he was the one who informed
about the dynamite in his cousins house which had caused
his arrest. He said that it was he, and I asked him if he
admitted to more other actions, and he did. So I took my
pistol and shot him, so did Rashid al-’-Abd"™
In this area, the heads of the fasil used to visit villages and set up courts
or quick trials, and solve the problems and disputes. The people could go
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108 Lt. General Haining to the War Office, 30/11/1938, CO
733/379/75528/74/38. my
109 Bashir Ibrahim personal interview 15/7/1984, Zeita,
Tulkarm.
110 Shakir Milhim, personal interview, 6/4/1985 Dhinnabah,
Tulkarm.
111 Mubadda Farhat, personal interview, 21/3/19 : -
Kurum, Galilee. P /3/1985, Majd al
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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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