The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 217)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 217)

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had benefited greatly from this Force’s assistance and advocated its
legalisation and made it part of the security forces. “
By the end of 1937, there were 4,859 Jewish settlement police as well
as 967 employed for defending railways and other “puarding” duties. “ In
September 1938, the British
High Commissioner in Palestine Sir Harold MacMichael reported to the
Colonial Secretary that there were about 6,500 Jews already paid and
armed by the Government.“
"In this year [1938] the military co-operation between the
Haganah on one hand and the authorities and the army on
the other reached its peak. And the groups of guards which
were scattered all over the country became "the Settlement
Hebrew Police", which developed quickly in its size and
organisation with the development of the event. Until it
became a semi military militia, armed with rifles and
machine guns, and equipped with armoured vehicles..."
In July 1938 British Intelligence Officer. Captain Orde-
Wingate, a pro-Zionist enthusiast, formed the Special Night Squads,
highly mobile units which were made up of a small number of regular
army soldiers mixed with Jewish settlers whom they had trained. These
squads were to attack rebel groups and make raids on villages to terrorise
the people not to support the rebels. Wingate joined personally in these
attacks and raids and he was wounded during a raid on Dabboriya village
in Galilee. “ The task of the Special Night Squads is best explained in the
words of Wingate himself:
"The Arabs think that the night belongs to them.
Because they alone can fight at this time. The British
soldiers and police stay in their camps all night long. But
we, the Jews are going to show them [the Arabs] that we
can spoil their plans. We are not going to rest or relax until
43 "Report on the military lessons of the Arab Rebellion in
Palestine 1936" Headquarters British troops in Palestine
and Trans-Jordan. February 1938, p.30. WO 282/6
44 Colonial Note to Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry,
Foreign Office and Palestine Government. 16 February 1937,
CO 733/317/1
45 A.W. Kayyah, Palestine, A Modern History. p.216
46 Ahmad Khalifa (trans.), al-Thawra al-Arabiya al-Kubra.
p. SO
47 Ibid. p.342 Co
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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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