Fawzi al-Qawuqji (Arabic: فوزي القاوقجي, Turkish: Fevzi Kavukçu; 19 January 1890 – 5 June 1977) was an Arab nationalist military figure in the interwar period. He served briefly in Palestine in 1936 fighting the British Mandatory suppression of the Palestinian Revolt. A political decision by the British enabled him to flee the country in 1937. He was a colonel in the Nazi Wehrmacht during World War II and served as the Arab Liberation Army (ALA) field commander during the 1948 Palestine War.
The Arab Liberation Army (ALA; Arabic: جيش الإنقاذ العربي Jayš al-ʾInqāḏ al-ʿArabiyy, better translated as Arab Rescue Army (ARA) or Arab Salvation Army (ASA)), was an army of volunteers from Arab countries led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji. It fought on the Arab side in the 1948 Palestine war. It was set up by the Arab League as a counter to the Arab High Committee's Holy War Army, but in fact, the League and Arab governments prevented thousands from joining either force.
At the meeting in Damascus on 5 February 1948 to organize Palestinian Field Commands, Northern Palestine was allocated to Qawuqji's forces although the West Bank was de facto already under the control of Transjordan.