The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 62)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 62)

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mob actions leaving the unmanned and unorganised
fellahin and bedouins to face aeroplanes armored cars and
British troops"
Kayyali quotes a letter sent by the High Commissioner to Lord Passfield,
the Colonial Secretary, in which he describes the Mufti’s loyalty to the
British:
"The Mufti said he promised to help in the maintenance of
order and to co-operate with the government. He had
always held this attitude and he held it still and would
continue to hold it even if the government did not listen to
his representations. He regarded this as his duty not only
to the government but to God and the people and also to
his own conscience." *”
Although it is evident through much documentation of that period that
the Mufti and the executive committee did not participate in the uprising
or organise it, at least publicly, it is important to mention a few points
here which might shed some light on this issue, on the role of Haj Amin
and indeed on the executive committee. First the executive committee
with its structure which comprised both the nationalists and the
Opposition was not organised, homogeneous or strong enough to organise
such an uprising. However, some individuals from the executive
committee who were politically active and more militant tried to help
organise the uprising or play the role of agitators, as for example was
evident from the visits of Subhi al-Khadra to the northern areas of
Palestine during the uprising. *
As for the Mufti himself, he maintained a position which indeed was
maintained by the rest of the leadership during the uprising: a position of
double standards. On the one hand he did not want to lose his post as the
head of the Muslim Supreme Council and thus lose part of his influence
in the leadership of the national movement. He also did not want to lose
the friendship he managed to maintain up to that date with the British.
36 A.W. Kayyali, Palestine, A Modern History. p.145
37 A letter from High Commissioner Chancellor to Lord
rassfield, dated 12th October 1929, as quoted in Ibid
p.147.
38 Bayan al-Hout, al-Qiyadat Wa al-Mu’assasat. p.230

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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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