The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 51)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 51)

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Syria and indeed the Arab world. This was especially so following the
meeting between Prince Faisal, the son of Sharif Hussein, and Weizman,
the head of the Zionist Organisation, which ended in an agreement
focused on talks which discussed Palestine and the Arab state as two
separate entities. Faisal agreed to separate Palestine from talks about the
Arab state, as well as recognising the Balfour Declaration, and also
agreed to the Jewish national home project. This was clear in his letter of
the 3rd March 1919, addressed to Felix Frankfurter, the US Supreme
Court Justice. Faisal stated:
"The Arabs, especially the educated among us, look with
deepest sympathy on the Zionist movement. Our
deputation here in Paris is fully acquainted with the
proposals submitted yesterday by the Zionist Organisation
to the Peace Conference. We regard them as moderate and
proper. We will do our best in so far as we are concerned,
to help their attainment; we will offer the Jews a hearty
welcome home.""!
From this agreement it became clear to the Palestinian leadership that
their country was not to be considered as part of the Arab state, that the
Jewish national home was to be realised, and that they would be left to
fight it on their own. This disappointment was clearly expressed in Spring
1920, as the first violent clashes occurred between Arabs and Jews in
Jerusalem during the festivities of Nabi Musa, which marked this year by
political speeches against the Jewish national home and the British policy
towards it.
The second Palestinian Congress was set to be held on the 15th May
1920, but the British authorities prohibited the congress from taking
place. * The Third Congress, however, took place between the 13th and
19th December 1920 in Haifa. It was headed by Musa Kazim al Husseini,
the mayor of Jerusalem. It was decided in this congress to re-affirm the
decisions of the First Congress, with one amendment, which was to
11 vase. Nathan & Creamer, Palestine: Problem and Promise.
12 Mohammad Izzat Darwazah, al-Qadiya al-Filastiniya. p.39
and Bayan al-Hout, al Qiyadat Wa al-Mu’assasat. p.123.

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

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1990-10

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