The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 94)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 94)

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to fend off the dangers of Zionist Colonisation. Neither did they have a
clear policy towards the British. They simply sought to maintain friendly
relations with the British officials, hoping that their sending of letters of
protest and delegations to London, or delivering memorandums of
demands, would be sufficient to dissuade the British from supporting the
Zionists, and to persuade them to grant the Arabs their national
demands. But these measures proved unsuccessful. At the same time the
traditional leadership realised that, were they to maintain the same
policy they had pursued for the past nineteen years, they would
eventually lose all influence. The dilemma was most acute after the
death of al-Qassam and the visit of the representatives of the Palestinian
political parties to the British High Commissioner, in which they
expressed their fear of losing influence over the masses unless they
received a satisfactory reply to yet another memorandum of demands,
which they presented to the High Commissioner.* This fear, was also
felt by the High Commissioner, who preferred to deal with the
traditional leadership, rather than with more radical groups which might
become more influential as the political situation approached an
impasse. In his letter to the Colonial Secretary, the High Commissioner
outlined his assessment of the situation a few months before the start of
the revolt, stating that the Arab leaders were:
"... Tight in saying that otherwise they will lose such
influence as they possess and that the possibility of
alleviating the present situation by means of moderate
measures suggested by me will disappear"
The position of the leadership therefore accelerated the development of
the circumstances into an armed revolt, although at the beginning they
chose not to play any role in it.
Political literature also played a significant role in the preparation
of the masses for an armed revolt, and in developing their political
* See Chapter Three
13 A letter from High Commissioner Wauchope to J.H. Thomas,
Colonial Secretary, 1/12/1989» CO. 733/294

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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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