Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...only major opposition was expected to come from the five Arab states in the U. N. Faris EI Khoury, Syrian delegate to the Security Council and leading Arab spokesman here, said the Arab countries would vote against a special session unless the British request was accompanied by a recommendation for a solution of the Palestine problem
...truck. Out of it and into the club's door and open windows they heaved suitcases. In a moment there was a heavy explosion. Hours later, when the rubble had been combed, the British announced the toll: 16 killed, 14 injured. Among the dead were eight Arab employees, one British civilian, one British officer...
...Cairo last week a freckled, pug-nosed Arab soldier-adventurer basked in glory. The Arab press hailed him as a hero. The exiled Mufti of Jerusalem, grey-bearded Haj Amin El-Husseini, received him warmly. The Lebanese Legation gave a reception for him. He granted interviews in his suite at the Hotel Continental, talked cheerfully about starting an Arab war against both British and Jews in Palestine...
...Armies." Now they had their heads together again. Each had managed somehow to "escape" postwar Germany and to get airplane bookings from Paris into their Arab sphere. Fawzi chuckled as he told how he and his tall, 26-year-old German wife had almost been in British hands in Palestine, where there is a ?2,000 price on his head. Their Paris-to-Cairo plane made an unscheduled, hour-long stop at the Lydda airport, surrounded by British cops. Their names were on the flight list, their baggage plainly marked. But no Briton came near the plane as they...
Last week the Mufti was busy with plans in which his old pal Fawzi would be very handy. The Mufti came up with a tax on Palestine Arabs to raise $900,000 to fight Zionism. Part of the money would go to two Arab "scout armies" called Futuwa and Najada (together they number about 10,000). Among their avowed purposes is persuasion of Palestine Arabs not to sell land to Jews. The Mufti had his picture taken as he reviewed a visiting Najada detachment. The picture turned out remarkably like the one he had taken in 1943, while reviewing...