Word: khalidi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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AMMAN, Jordan, April 23--This sorely beset kingdom was plunged today into its second political crisis in two weeks. An ugly turn of events threatened. Premier Hussein Khalidi at a stormy conference fought off demands of all political parties that he and his Cabinet resign...
...Khalidi, a man inclined toward the West and backed by King Hussein, has been in office only a week. Leftists elements called a general strike for tomorrow, and small anti-Khalidi demonstrations broke out in the Arab section of Jerusalem and two other west Jordan cities, Jerico and Nablus...
...that young King Hussein's palace was in league with the British and Americans in plots against Jordan's independence and liberty. The charge was made Saturday by Maj. Gen. Ali Hayari, who fled to Syria and resigned as army chief of staff. Representatives of all political parties met Khalidi and his Cabinet of six independents and one National Socialist for a showdown...
...Hussein Fahkri Khalidi, 61-year-old Palestinian refugee who has shown leanings toward the West, was named prime minister in a seven-man Cabinet...
...Khalidi, foreign minister until the Nabulsi government took over last October on a wave of anti-Western sentiment, is considered an elder statesman with leanings toward the West...