The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 138)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 138)

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"This was a very usual happening. When the people saw
lanes they knew a battle was taking place. They ran on
oot in the mountains, sometimes tens of kilometers, from
their villages, to help. In the Beit Imrin and Bala’h battles,
many people went from my area (Salfit) on foot to hel
Many times, when they got there, they found the battle
was over ".35
The Faza’h System was the most important factor in the revolt, on
which all the rebel leaders depended. Its importance stems from the fact
that it involved a large number of people in the revolt, and it enabled a
few full-time rebels of the fasa’il to mobilise hundreds of men to join
their battles and clashes, or to help them escape a siege. After the clash,
the rebels would continue to move to other areas, while the Faza’h went
back to their villages and "dissolved", until the next battle. This gave the
rebels a constant flow of fighters at the lowest possible cost, since they
did not have to supply the Faza’h with food, arms or ammunition. It also
made it more difficult for the British authorities to arrest rebels, for in
this way every able man in every village was potentially a rebel. The
Faza’h also gave the rebels the advantage of easy movement between the
areas, as they could travel in small numbers, evading arrest and
escaping cordons. -
The full-time rebels and the Faza’h were not confined to mountains
and villages. They also operated in the towns, albeit to a lesser extent and
on a more secretive basis. Their tasks were to gather information about
the British forces and to carry out acts of sabotage. There were also
secret organisations, in the towns, which worked independently of the
other fasa’il,* and some of them carried out assassinations against both
British personnel and Arab collaborators.
a Rp erence errant
35 Rain al Salfiti, personal interview, 28/6/1984, Salfit,
ablus.
36 Bahjat Abu-Gharbiya, personal interview, 5/5/1985 Amman,
ordan
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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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