The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 68)
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- The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 68)
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All the above parties, however, including the al-Istiqlal Party, were
urban-based. The members were the educated upper and middle-classes
and did not involve peasants or poorer, less-educated classes of society.
This explains why their programmes, whether traditional or radical, were
nevertheless not practical and did not answer the needs of the people. All
shared similar means of struggle such as letters, protests, condemnation
or sending delegations to London.
During the same period, other organisations were emerging. They
were smaller, secret organisations, which believed in armed struggle.
They included organisations like the Jihad led by ’Abd al-Qadir al-
Husseini, which operated in Jerusalem, Ramallah and Hebron areas.
This party was formed in 1934. In Nablus, Tulkarm and Qalqilya areas,
the Revolutionary Youth Organisation was formed in 1935 under the
leadership of ’Abd al-Rahman al-Haj Ibrahim from Tulkarm. In Hebron
another secret organisation was formed under the name al-Kaff al-
Khadra (the Green Hand) which also believed in armed struggle. *
Finally, in Haifa another secret movement was formed, whose members
were to play a significant role during the revolt of 1936-39. Its members
were workers, peasants and uneducated poorer classes, from urban as
well as rural areas. It became known as Izz al-Din al-Qassam movement,
after its head, Sheikh Izz al-Din al-Qassam.
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52 Y. Porath, The Palestinian Arab National Movement. p.126. - تاريخ
- 1990-10
- المنشئ
- Sonia Nimr
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