Word: arab
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...account of a speech on Palestine by Mr. Antonius, an Arab student from the Near East, has been published in The Harvard CRIMSON of March 22. The speaker is reported to have attacked Zionism as well as the British administration of Palestine, allegedly "under the thumb of Zionists...
...Arab grievances against the British administration are three," he said, "first, in regard to representative institutions, second, in regard to immigration, and third, in regard to the land policy...
...Zionists have been buying up the land without restriction, and the Arabs are being turned off their ancient homes. Investigations in the Palestine area have revealed a 'landless proletariat' living on the hospitality of the Arab communities. Zionist statisticians deny these facts. I am not in a position to say where the truth lies...
...Communism, Sheean wavered. But he began to take a hand in the processes of history, attempted to bring T. V. Soong, brother of Madame Sun Yatsen, from Shanghai to Hankow, offered to smuggle Fanny Borodin out of Peking. No longer the impassive newshawk, Sheean, when he covered the Jewish-Arab conflict in the Holy Land, broke down completely, took sides violently, and learned conclusively that he was "no longer a newspaper man." What journalism has lost, the quality magazines have gained. Mr. Sheean has become a "personality" in his own right...
...Arabs under Feisal had helped the Allies on the promise of an independent Arab kingdom. Instead, the Allies gave Feisal Syria under a French mandate. When Feisal took his kingship seriously, the French kicked him out. Chastened, he was given the British mandate of Irak. Complained he: "European statesmen are like impressionist paintings. The effect at a distance is excellent...