The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 199)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 199)

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with the merging of some of the rural Sheikhs - whose power was eroded
by the shift of the political, social and economic power to the urban areas
- with these urban classes, while at the same time they maintained their
links with their clans through patron-client relationships, and who used
clan alliances to provide support for the urban notables in their struggle
for political power.
On the other hand, the new urban notable class had reinforced family
relations and clan alliances by using them in their struggles for political
power in competition with other families and alliances. For example,
when some of the richer members of the ’Abd al-Hadi family from the
Jenin area moved to the towns of Nablus and Jenin, they maintained
their connections with the rest of their clan in their original village of
Arrabeh, who supported them, for example, in municipal elections.
The third factor which played a significant role in helping the Clan
System to continue was the Zionist Settler colonialism, which - through
the process of building the Jewish National home and the its impact on
the social, political and economic life - delayed the development of
Palestinian Arab society’s towards capitalist relations and the creation of
new social structures. The clan system was vitally important in the
mobilisation of fighting against the Zionist colonial threat, and this also
reinforced it.
The clan system, kinship relations and clan alliances were used during
the revolt by most of the rebel leaders, those who were residing in their
villages, and those who were working outside their villages and returned
back during the revolt. The clans also used their members who became
leaders for their own interests. This mutual interest enabled the leader to
mobilise a large number of rebels through his clan and its alliances, and
to use the clan territories for his battles against the British forces, which
gave him the advantage of constant supplies, Faz’a, protection. In
addition, he would be fighting in territories familiar to him and to his
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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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