The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 129)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 129)

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Until the arrival of al-Qawugqji in Palestine, the Palestinian rebel
leaders were operating independently of each other. Each operated in his
area with forty or fifty men. They were also able to mobilise a large
number of volunteers from the villages. At this stage there were two
attempts at coordination between the various local leaders. The first was
in July 1936, when some local leaders in the Jenin-Nablus area met near
Tubas village to discuss unity and coordination between themselves.
However, this attempt did not succeed. The second attempt took place in
August 1936, also near Tubas. A meeting between the local leaders,
Fakhri ’Abd al-Hadi, Khamis ’Aqrabawi, Sheikh Farhan al-Sa’di,
*Abdullah al-Bairuti, and Dirar al-Nashashibi. At this meeting they
agreed to form three local commands, one in the mountains of Nablus,
one in the Tulkarm area, and the third in the Haifa area. They also
decided at this meeting to form a rebel court to bring collaborators to
trial. Fakhri Abd al-Hadi was elected by these local leaders as the
General Commander in the Jenin-Tulkarm area."!
However, the first successful attempt to organise the rebel forces in a
hierarchical structure under one leadership came from al-Qawugqji. He
divided the rebel forces into units of fasa’il, and appointed a Commander
for each unit.
"I joined Fakhri ’Abd al-Hadi and Fawzi al-Qawuqji, they
were in Deir al Ghussun village. We went from one village
to another, building fasa’il. Each Fasil was ten or fifteen
men. They appointed a Ra’is Fasil (unit head) for each
Fasil." 2
Bahjat Abu-Gharbiya, who had joined al-Qawugji during his short stay in
Palestine, described the method applied by al-Qawugqji to organise and
train the rebels in the Jenin, Nablus and Tulkarm areas:
“After dividing the men into Units, the Commanders of
these Units were asked to remain in their villages for
3 Yusuf Rajab al-Radi’i, Thawrat 1936 Fi ign 42 fraee ;
l
Mohammad Mustafa Jaradat, personal interview 4/2/1985 Silat
al-Harithiya, Jenin. He later joined Abu-Durra from the
same village.
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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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