The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 180)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 180)

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to the regional commander for a solution to a problem or a complaint, if
they were dissatisfied with the fasa’il leaders judgment.
"The leader Abu-Ibrahim al-Kabir told me and al-’Abd
Bishr, “you are responsible for the area from the lake of
Tiberia to Majd al-Kurum; you will rove the area and solve
any problems and disputes among the people”. This was
what we did, roving villages and solving problems and
disputes, and the people respected us."!”
Because the northern area was geographically far from the Central
area, it was far less controlled by the revolt leaders in the center, and
from the organisational system or the court system. The leader of the
north Khahil Mohammad Issa (Abu Ibrahim al-Kabir), did not join in
Deir Ghassaneh Conference, and was not involved in the decision to
establish a Central Court of the Bureau of the Arab Revolt, as he had
maintained direct contacts with the Central Committee in Damascus.
Although cases were similar in the two areas, both in the types of dispute
and their resolution, there were some practices in the north which were
different from those in the centre. For example, swearing against religion
was considered a crime in the north, while in the central area it was not a
punishable matter, as the following example shows:
"Abu ’Abdullah and his fasil from the north was visiting the
fasil of Beit Imrin [near Nablus] and its fasil leader
*Abdullah al-Taha. One of the rebels from Beit Imrin fasil
swore something against religion. So some of the rebels
from the fasil from the north took this rebel aside and gave
him ten lashes as that was the punishment for — swearing
against religion. When al-Taha knew about it he became
very angry as they don’t have the same rules in their area,
because the other fasil took it upon themselves to punish
the man without referring to his leader and he said "if the
man was guilty I would have punished him." And a clash
was about to occur for this misunderstanding. But the
people of Beit Imrin interfered and the dispute was
over™.113
The Southern region was similar to the north in that it was far from
the center and more isolated, and the hierarchical system of courts did
112 Ibrahim Hanna, personal interview, 23/1/1985, al-Be'neh,
Galilee.
113 ‘Ali Zayadneh, personal interview, 16/4/1985 Tamra,
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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