The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 223)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 223)

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"Those persons whose relatives were killed because they
collaborated with the British, and those persons who hated
the revolt and were working with the British, used the
opportunity and formed peace bands, which began to take
revenge from the real rebels and attack their homes and
arrest them. Some of the rebels were taken to Fakhri ’Abd
al-Hadi, some were forced to pay money. the peace bands
were following the rebels in the mountains, Fakhri made
peace bands and brought the army to stay with him and he
started to take revere upon us. But peace bands were not
a
only in Arrabeh ri’s village]. In every village
ara Dans and sturied to chase the rebels. Some they
Hoag aereet ane on and others they would ask them {9
bring a rifle or a pistol" ©
The role played by the peace bands against the revolt was similar to
that played by the Special Night Squads, in that they were chasing,
ambushing and arresting the rebels, as well as terrorising the people from
helping the rebels. But the role played by the peace bands was far more
effective and did much more damage and harm to the revolt than the
Special Night Squads. First, some of the peace bands were formed from
ex-rebels, such as Rabah al-’Awad, Mubadda Farhat, and Fakhri ’Abd al-
Hadi, who had knowledge about the revolt. They knew where the rebels
hid, what villages give support, who were the Faz’ah in the villages, who
was armed. They knew the rebels’ tactics and their meeting places. All
this knowledge was used by the British forces as well as by the peace
bands themselves to arrest rebels, and disarm men in the villages.
Many, of those who joined the peace bands for personal reasons such
as to avenge the death of their relatives, used these bands to kill their
enemies, or even to wage small private wars against their rivals. For
example many of the old clan rivalries , which were put aside during the
revolt, started to come up again and men from one clan would join the
peace bands to kill or fight their rivals from another clan who were still
with the revolt.
65 Bashir Ahmad Ibrahim, personal interview 15/7/1984, Zeita,
Tulkarm. ,
215

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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)

كتب ٢ (صفحات)