The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 148)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 148)

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less frequent, and the hostilities concentrated against the British. This
change reflected the political situation in the country during 1937,
especially after the publication of the Report of the Royal Commission
of Inquiry and the resulting widespread disappointment among the
Palestinians when it confirmed the British determination to continue
with their support of the Jewish national home project. The Palestinians
were also angry, especially those in Galilee, by the Commission’s
suggestion that Palestine should be partitioned, and Galilee be included
in the proposed Jewish State. The Palestinians now realised that their
main enemy was the British Mandate (see Chapter 4 above). Thus in
1937 the rebels concentrated their attacks on British targets.
Attacks on British army and Police vehicles and personnel continued,
and there was a shift to other more economic and infra-structural targets
such as government installations, the oil pipeline, transportation
facilities, including railways and roads, and telegram and telephone
wires. 1937 also witnessed development in the tactics and skills of the
rebels, and the kind of weapons they used. For example, they began to
use bomb attacks more frequently (see Chapter 6 on the arms). The
rebels also became more able to conduct battles that lasting several
hours with less casualties on their side than in 1936.
the year 1937 also saw the spread of the rebel centres of activity to the
North as well as the South. The Galilee for example became a strong
centre for rebel activities, especially after the publication of the Royal
Commissions Report. In common with the rest of Palestine many large
battles took place there in 1937 between the rebels and the British forces,
such as the battle of Fassotah, and the battle of al-Layyat, where a huge
number of Faza’h was used.“
There were several factors which made it possible for the rebels in the
Galilee to conduct successful guerrilla warfare against the British forces.
64 Subhi Yassin, al-thawra al-Arabiya. 0.103 and Ibrahim
Hanna, personal “interview 23/1/1985 al- Be! neh, Galilee.
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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

تاريخ

1990-10

المنشئ

Sonia Nimr

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رسائل ماجستير ودكتوراه (صفحات)

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