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...strangest symbol of such controversy is Anwar Khatib, a suave attorney who maintains a dingy office behind the Herod's Gate post office and proclaims himself to be the Jordanian governor of Jerusalem. And although the last Jordanian forces were driven out of Jerusalem 15 years ago this June, a number of consuls come to pay him Official courtesy calls...
...Israeli strategy, however, has provoked only new outbursts of hostility. A Palestinian village council chief, Yussuf Khatib, who cooperated with the Israeli plan, was ambushed last week by a commando squad and shot at point-blank range. Khatib was seriously wounded and his 23-year-old son Khazem was killed. In Beirut, the Palestine Liberation Organization claimed responsibility for the shooting, saying the men were guilty of "treasonous collaboration with the enemy...
...most difficult of all Middle East problems. To the 100,000 Arabs of East Jerusalem?indeed, to Arabs everywhere?Jerusalem is the third-ranking of Islam's holy places (after Mecca and Medina) and the obvious capital of any Palestinian entity set up on the West Bank. Says Anwar Khatib, former governor of East Jerusalem under Jordanian rule: "Without safeguarding Arab sovereignty over East Jerusalem, all other proposals will not stand...
Three meetings have taken place between Israeli officers and representatives of Ahmed Khatib, leader of breakaway Moslem units of the Lebanese army that are generally friendly to the Palestine Liberation Organization. The meetings-the most recent was two weeks ago-are low key and mainly concerned with such mundane problems as what to do about stray flocks of sheep. But Israel's underlying message is clear. As long as Khatib's men do not help P.L.O. terrorists return to the border, the Lebanese troops will be safe from Israeli attack. With Khatib's tacit permission, Israeli combat...
...Khatib's basic appeal to Moslem soldiers is his charge-in part justified-that the Lebanese army is biased in favor of Christians. Only about 40% of the officers are Moslems, while they make up a disproportionately large share of the rank and file. Khatib wants the Lebanese constitution specifically to acknowledge the Arab character of the state; he also wants a reorganization of the army on a nonconfessional basis. Preoccupied with trying to maintain the cease-fire and stalemated by political bickering, the government paid little attention to Khatib and his growing band of rebels, even though...