The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 193)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 193)

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The views of the interviewees for this research were completely
different from those presented by Porath. Despite the fact that the Druze
produced only one fasil leader (the fasil was composed of Druze as well
as Muslims and Christians), the number of Druze who participated in
the revolt as full-time fighters, or as Faz’a, was in proportion to their
percentage of the population (in 1935 the Druze numbered 11,311 and
formed 0.87% of the Palestine population.'*) There were participants
from all the villages which had a Druze population in Upper Galilee,
such as Yarka, Abu-Snan, Beit-Jan, and Rameh, as well as from lower
Galilee villages such as Shafa Amr and the villages of Mount Carmel."
The Druze also joined the faz’a during battles.
It is important to mention that, while the Druze of Upper Galilee
continued to support and participate in the revolt, those in Lower Galilee
stopped their support and participation in the revolt in 1938 after the
death of Sheikh ’Atiyah whose leadership had extended from Jenin to
Haifa, and whose brigades had included Druze from Lower Galilee.
After Abu-Durra assumed the command of the same area, the Druze of
these villages decided to operate independently from his Command (as a
result of Abu-Durra’s killing of some Druze whom he was told by
informers were collaborators). Abu-Durra responded to this decision by
attacking some of the Druze villages, a result of which the Druze of
Lower Galilee ceased their support for the revolt. Salih Khunaifis, a
14 Statistical Abstract of Palestine 1944-1945, Jerusalem,
English edn. 1946, p.17
15 Most of the interviewees of Upper Galilee confirmed this
fact, as well as those in Jenin area, who operated under
the command of Sheikh ‘Atyah, who had many Druze in his
brigades. Personal interviews:
Mustafa al-Bakri, 20/2/1985, al-Be’neh, Galilee
"Ali Omar Zayadnah, 16/4/1985, Tamra, Galilee
Bulus Hanna Bulus, 20/3/1985, al-Be’neh, Galilee
Raji al-Khatib, 22/3/1985, Majd al-Kurum, Galilee
Ibrahim Hanna, 23/11/1985, al-Be’neh, Galilee
Fawzi Jaradat, 4/2/1985, Silat al-Harithya, Jenin
Ahmad Nazal, 1/4/1984, Qabatiya, Jenin.
16 Salim ‘Abd al-Haqq Jaradat; Personal interview 20/5
Silat al-Harithiya, Jenin. vew 20/5/1984,
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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

تاريخ

1990-10

المنشئ

Sonia Nimr

مجموعات العناصر

رسائل ماجستير ودكتوراه (صفحات)

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