The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 225)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 225)

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The killing of the Commander in Chief, ’Abd al-Rahim Haj
Mohammad, dealt the revolt received a severe blow. He was coming to
Palestine from a meeting in Damascus with the Central Committee
where the continuation of the revolt after the publication of the White
Paper was discussed. The revolt had more setbacks, with the surrender of
*Arif "Abd al-Raziq and 16 of his men to the French authorities on the
Syrian borders on the 13th April 1939. This and the killing of Abd al-
Rahim created a complete vacuum of leadership at high level in Tulkarm
area. © In July 1939, Abu-Durra was arrested on the Trans-Jordan
borders by the Arab Legion forces, who in turn handed him over to the
British authorities in Palestine. He was tried and convicted of murdering
aman from Rummaneh village near Jenin and was hanged in 1940, ® The
killing of "Abd al-Rahim especially, and the surrender of ’Arif ’Abd al-
Raziq affected the moral of the rebels very badly. Anmad Mohammad
al-Hasan from Burqa near Nablus assumed command, replacing ’Abd al-
Rahim. In spite of the Central Committee’s efforts to boost the morale
by announcing that al-Hasan had taken the command, and would
continue with the revolt, this in fact had done very little to change the
Situation. al-Hasan lacked the charismatic personality and the
connections which ’Abd al-Rahim possessed and he subsequently failed
in his task. The situation in Palestine was irreversible. 7
In mid 1939, French authorities in Syria began a campaign against the
Palestinian activists there, and began to arrest and deport many of them.
” In his letter to Akram Zueiter, Wasif Kamal described this campaign as
a policy adopted by the French to aid the British to finish the revolt:
"The French are following the Palestinians in an
Irritating way, and arresting them, and after a few days
69 Akram Zueiter, al-Haraka al-Wataniya. p.588
70 Mohammad Jarradat, personal interview 4/2/1985, Silat al-
Harithiya, Jenin.
71 A letter from Mamdouh al-Sukhn to Akram Zueiter, in al-
Haraka al-Wataniya. p.604
72 “Monthly Reports on Trans-Jordan" July 1939, p.13
October 1939, p.3, FO 371/23246 y » P.l3 and
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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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