The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 132)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 132)

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Competition between two or more rival families could lead each to
support a different fasil in the same village - or, in some cases, to form a
fasil with a family member as its Commander. Forming fasa’il was a
matter of prestige for Palestinian families during the revolt. The village
of Qabatiya in Jenin area, is an example of such practice. Here, more
than one fasil was formed because each of the two leading families in the
village supported a different faction of the national movement. While
Nazal family supported the opposition faction, because of its good
relations with the Abd al-Hadi family, the other big family, Abu-J’ib,
supported the Mufti.2 Thus in Qabatiya, two fasils were to be found
during the revolt.
In the towns, it was common practice to have more than one fasil, first
because of the size of the towns which necessitated more than one fasil.
Also, each rebel leader sought to have his own fasil in the towns, because
of the competition between the leaders to prove their hegemony over the
towns. In Jaffa at the end of 1937, there was a fasil for "Abd al- Rahim
Haj Mohammad,another for ’Arif ’Abd al-Raziq, and a third for Hasan
Salameh.# This was in addition to the smaller fasa’il which belonged to
the local Commanders of villages around Jaffa, who were also operating
in the town.
From the interviews with certain rebels who joined the revolt, both as
full-time fighters or auxiliary fighters, one gets the impression that a
rudimentary hierarchical order existed within the ranks of the rebels.
However, there was an overlap in the tasks and responsibilities of the
different hierarchal ranks, making it difficult to draw clear dividing lines
between them - for example, between Regional Commanders and Sub-
Regional Commanders, or between the latter and the fasa’il leaders.
However, an informal hierarchical order seems to have existed.
~via
ze Rajih ‘Abbushi, personal interview, 31/3/1985 Jenin.
Faisal Arif Abd al-Razig, the son of Arif ‘Abd al-Raziq.
personal interviews. 21/2/85 ,20/4/85. al-Taybah The
riangle.
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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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