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...Haj Amin el Husseini (59), Mufti of Jerusalem, veteran plotter against British rule in the Middle East, and ruthless enemy of the West. Spent most of World War II in Berlin. In 1946, while awaiting trial in Paris as a war criminal, he escaped, since then has lived in Egypt as King Farouk's honored guest. Ambition: to be head of an independent Palestinian state. Methods: 1) recruiting of an Arab army from the 800,000 bitter, hopeless refugees driven from their homes by the Arab-Israeli war; 2) murder and terrorism through such groups as his own "Salvation...
...When We Have Won ..." Last week there were no signs of either. Jewish successes had consolidated the Arabs as never before. In anger and wounded pride Arabs cried out against their leaders. The prestige of Haj Amin el Husseini, ex-Mufti of Jerusalem, sagged lower & lower. The Arab League was under pressure to act quickly. Said the Cairo daily Al Balagh: "We can no longer suffer one catastrophe after another. Zionism in Palestine means that no Arabs will be left...
Death at Dawn. Leading the Arabs was Abdul Kader Husseini, cousin of the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin el Husseini, and a rival of Fawzi Bey Kawukji (TIME, March 15) for command of all Arab forces in Palestine. More like a rash corporal than an army commander, Abdul Kader charged up the rocky slopes at the head of his men. Behind him the sky paled, silhouetting his stocky figure. Haganah Bren guns riveted bullets in a straight line across his body. Abdul Kader fell dead. As news of the battle reached Jerusalem, Arab reinforcements streamed out to Kastel...
...Other blond Arab leaders: Haj Amin el Husseini, ex-Mufti of Jerusalem; Hussein Khalidi, secretary of the Arab Higher Committee: Sheik Hassan Salameh, Arab commander in the Jaffa sector of Palestine...
Speaking Swords. Haj Amin el Husseini, ex-Mufti of Jerusalem, in Cairo last week to keep an eye on League proceedings, said: "When the sword speaks, everything else must be silent." In Palestine his Arab organization was busy recruiting volunteers. At Lifta, a village near Jerusalem, Arab leader Sheilah Hasan Abou Saud exhorted Arab volunteers to fight Zionists. Beside him sat Kemal Ureikat, leader of the military organization Futu-wah (Youth...