The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 216)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 216)

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The Jewish Forces
The Jews in Palestine started to build their military force as early as
1909, when Hashomer (the guard) as a secret armed organisation to
guard the settlements. This organisation was dissolved in 1920, although
some small secret cells remained in operation. In 1929 these cells gave all
their arms to the Haganah. The Haganah (the Hebrew organisation for
defence in the Land of Israel), or as it was known during the Mandate,
(the military secret organisation for the Jews in the land of Israel), was
established in 1920 and became the biggest J ewish military organisation.
% In 1937 the number of members in this organisation reached 35,000 @
British authorities allowed the Jews in the settlements to be armed
under the pretext of protecting their settlements and properties from
Arab attacks. However in 1936 the Haganah moved its operations from
defence to offense, when the Moving Squads were formed, with the task
to ambush the Arab rebels. The British army welcomed the operations of
the Moving Squads and co-operated with them.
"The British army which was operating in that area
[Jerusalem] felt the activities of the Moving Squads, and
met some of their members, and sort of a secret agreement
was established between the two. As they divided the areas
between them to avoid clashing with each other" “!
In 1936 a Jewish force was formed, named the Jewish Settlement
Police. Half of this Force’s funds came from the Jewish Agency and the
other half was provided by the British Government in Palestine. @ By
October 1936, this force numbered 2,863, and almost all its members
were from the Haganah. The British army in Palestine admitted that it
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39Ahmad Khalifa (Trans. -}» a]|-Thawra_al-Arabiya_al-Kubra Fj
Filastin, al-Riwaya_al-Israeliya_al-Rasmiya, Beirut, 1989.
DP. XXX
40 Ibid. p.125.
41 Ibid, b.77
42 David Clark, he Colonia bles. Oxford, 1978, p.148
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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

تاريخ

1990-10

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Sonia Nimr

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