The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 221)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 221)

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English. He arrested me and put me for two months in
Camp Julich. Rabah, when he started to work with the
English stayed in al-Faraj village, and anyone he wants
arrested would be brought to al-Faraj" *
Rabah himself does not deny these stories:
"I was contacted by As’ad al-Shuqairi to start a peace band
to avenge the killing of his son by the rebels. I was offered
an amnesty by from the British for that. I stayed in a
village, not my village, and I had an army of 65 men to
work with me. the British gave me 60 pounds a month. Any
rebel who wanted to surrender to me I took to the British.
If he was charged with a political crime he would be
released, and if he was charged with a criminal offense he
would be arrested”.”
The accounts of the interviewees do not agree on the reason behind
the killing of Dr. Anwar al-Shuqairi, the son of As’ad. Some said that the
rebels killed him under suspicion of his being a collaborator. * Others
said that he was set up by a jealous Arab police lieutenant from Jenin
who suspected a relationship between his wife and the doctor, and forged
the doctors signature on some documents containing information on the
rebels and sent it to them.” Some think that it was
the British who killed Anwar to start fights among the people.
In Jenin area, the rich and affluent Irshid family, in spite of their
Nashashibi affiliations were apparently supporting some of the rebels in
their area, until the killing of two members of the family, the brothers
Ahmad and Mohammad. The family then turned against the revolt and
joined forces with Fakhri ’Abd al-Hadi to form peace bands in Jenin
area.“ The Irshid family accused ’Abd al-Rahim Haj Mohammad of the
killing and vowed revenge against him. It is possible, however, that one
56 Raji al-Khatib, personal interview, 22/3/1985, Majad al-
Kurum, Galilee
57 Rabah al-"Awad, personal interview, 17/2/1985, al-Mazra’ah,
alilee
58 Hussein Baytam, personal: interview 21/2/1985 Abu-Snan,
Galilee
59 Mohammad Said al-Khatib, personal interview, 16/4/1985
Kabul, Galilee. . , (41 ,
60 Bulus Hanna Bulus, personal ‘interview 20/3/1985 al-Be’neh,
Galilee ;
61 Hussein Badawi, personal interview, 8 4 1985, A i
and Ibrahim Shehadeh, 8/4/85, Aqqaba, Nonhe > Aagaba,Jenin
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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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