Issa Battat
Issa al-Hajj Suleiman Battat (also spelled 'Isa al-Battat) was a
1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine based in the hills around Hebron. Battat was from the town of ad-Dhahiriya in the Hebron Subdistrict of the British Mandate of Palestine.[1] He was a well-known commander in his home region and was suspected by the British authorities of involvement in the killing of British archaeologist J. L. Starkey in January 1938.[2][3]
Death
The authorities put a bounty on Battat for Starkey's death and other alleged crimes,
References
- ^ Cohen, p. 187.
- ^ a b c d e "Reported Entry of Arab Terrorist Chief Stirs Military Activity; Band Leader Slain". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1938-05-09. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ Keesing's Contemporary Archives, Volume 3. Keesing's Limited. 1941. p. 3059.
- ^ Cohen 2008, p. 135.
- ^ Cohen 2008, p. 132, 173.
Bibliography
- Cohen, Hillel (2008). Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism, 1917-1948. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520252219.
- Cohen, Hillel (2009). Good Arabs: The Israeli Security Agencies and the Israeli Arabs, 1948–1967. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520944886.