The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 171)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 171)

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example, the Government had issued an order that all the people of
Palestine should obtain an identity card if they wished to travel from one
town to the other, and to obtain a license for every car or vehicle that
moved on the roads. This order was made in order to identify the rebels
and to contain their movements, The leaders of the revolt issued a
counter order in which they asked the people to refuse to apply for the
identity cards and the licenses. In a communique issued by the Bureau of
the Arab Revolt in Palestine in 1938, and signed by the five leaders
members of this Bureau, these leaders praised the Arab population for
obeying the order "in spite of what the tyrant government’s measures to
drive people into starvation..."™, In the same communique, the leaders of
the revolt allowed the population to obtain identity cards and licenses,
because:
“The British Government announced that it will reconsider
the Arab demands, and after the Minister of Justice
declared that the Arab cause in Palestine was just”*!
In August 1938 the revolt issued an order asking the men in the towns
to wear the traditional head dress (Kuffiyah and Iqal), which was usually
worn by the villagers. The reason behind this order was that the British,
having failed to arrest the rebels, began to arrest any man found in the
towns wearing the traditional headdress. ® The men in the towns used to
wear the tarbush or fez, and all the rebels (being villagers) wore the
traditional headdress. When the order was issued, most of the men in the
towns changed into traditional headdress, making it impossible for the
British to distinguish between a villager and a townsman.
In August 1938, a newspaper for the revolt was published in the
northern region of the country. Al-Jihad reported news of the revolt,
clashes, casualties and the results of the rebel courts. In the first issue of
this newspaper was the explanation of the purpose of its publication:-
ay aan Zueiter, Watha’iq al-Haraka. Document No. 382, p.552.
82 Izzat Darwazah, al-Qadiya atch ilastiniya. p.207

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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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