The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty (71 page)

27
.   N. Rogel, ‘Weizmann’s Man in Damascus: The Case of Dr Moshe Palman’s Mission to Faysal’s Court, September 1919–July 1920’,
Ziyonut
9 (1983), p. 302 (Hebrew).

28
.   In Walid al-Khalidi’s album, there is a photo of Allenby’s arrival in Jaffa (picture 79) with details of how he was brought to Jerusalem. OTEA stands for ‘Occupied Territory of Enemy Area’.

29
.   On the clash with Frumkin, see G. Frumkin,
The Way of a Judge in Jerusalem
, Jerusalem 1946, pp. 288–9 (Hebrew).

30
.   Ibid.

31
.   On Samuel’s visit to al-Salt, see Mattar,
The Mufti
, pp. 20–1; J. B. Schechtman,
The Mufti and the Fuerher: The Rise of Haj Amin al-Husseini
, New York 1965, p. 1920.

32
.   Musa Kazim’s speech to activists in July was added here following a conversation with family members. The citation is taken from the Central Zionist Archives, Z4, file 2800/2, report 138, 5 August 1920.

33
.   The reports of the American consul appear in G. Biger, ‘The American Consulate in Jerusalem and the Events of 1920–1921’,
Cathedra
49 (September 1988), pp. 133–9 (Hebrew).

34
.   On the third conference, see al-Hut,
The Political
, p. 139. She bases her account on Akram Zuayter’s private collection. See also Porath,
The Emergence
, pp. 86–8.

35
.   Mardini,
Palestine
, p.51.

36
.   Porath,
Emergence
, p. 140.

CHAPTER 8

1
.     Porath,
The Emergence
, p. 86.

2
.     Based on Mattar’s interview with Ishaq Musa al-Husayni; see Mattar,
The Mufti
, p. 21, note 13. See also Karak and Oren-Nordheim,
Jerusalem
, p. 64.

3
.     S. Attiyeh,
The Arab Palestine Party and the National Defense Party, 1934–1937
, Jerusalem 1985, p. 74 (Arabic).

4
.     The archive of the Palestine government secretariat, file 245, a CID report on the secretary’s assistant for political affairs, 23 March 1921.

5
.     Al-Peleg,
The Mufti
, p. 14.

6
.     S. Hamada,
The Consciousness and the Revolution: A Study in the Life of the Shahid Izz al-Din al-Qassam
, Jerusalem 1985, p. 133 (Arabic).

7
.     Al-Ghori,
Palestine
, vol. 1, p. 57.

8
.     
Mirat al-Sharq
, 27 November 1923; Tahir III’s conversation with Yizhak Ben-Zvi, 2 April 1930, in the Central Zionist Archives, S/25, file 3006.

9
.     PRO, CO 733/3, CO 24596, report from 9 May 1920.

10
.   Ibid.

11
.   P. H. Kisch,
A Palestine Diary
, Jerusalem 1939, vol. 1, pp. 40–2.

12
.   Al-Hut,
The Political
, p. 118.

13
.   Izzat Darwaza, personal Diary quoted in Mattar,
The Mufti
, p. 27, note 27.

14
.   J. Laval,
Al-Hajj Amin and Berlin
, Tel Aviv 1996, p. 15 (Hebrew).

15
.   Al-Kayali,
The Documents
, p. 94.

16
.   Kedourie,
Chatham House
, pp. 64–5. I wish to thank Daniel Monk for the documents and references.

17
.   Ibid.

18
.   Porath,
The Emergence
, pp. 153–4.

19
.   The Peel Report, p. 117.

20
.   The Israeli State Archives, Files of the Mandatory Government’s Secretariat, file 245, Quingley to the secretary’s assistant, 12 May 1921.

21
.   
Bait al-Muqadas
, 18 April 1921.

22
.   The Israeli State Archives, The Executive Committee Files, file 2700, Jamal al-Husayni to the High Commissioner, 27 August 1923.

23
.   Central Zionist Archives, S25, file 517, interview with Tahir III, 30 April 1925.

24
.   Interview with Amin al-Husayni.

25
.   18 June 1921.

26
.   Porath,
The Emergence
, p. 51.

27
.   Centre for Arab Research, The Orient House Archive, document 177.

28
.   The Anglo-American Committee, pp. 900–1. See also S. Bar Elkana, ‘The Rise of Hajj Amin to the Muslim Leadership in Palestine’, in
Bar Ilan University’s Year Book
, Ramat Gan 1972, pp. 37–83 (Hebrew).

29
.   Porath,
The Emergence
, pp. 159–61; Kimmerling and Migdal,
The Palestinians
, p. 85.

30
.   Al-Peleg,
The Mufti
, p. 19.

31
.   Porath,
The Emergence
, p. 164; Issa Khalil Muhsin’s interview with Mahmoud Sad al-Din al-Husayni in 1983, Muhsin,
The Mother
, p. 139.

32
.   For a report on the Supreme Muslim Council, see PRO, CO 733/45, CO 26756, report 1922–23.

33
.   Porath,
The Emergence
, pp. 117–20; Muhsin,
The Mother
, p. 136.

34
.   Kedourie,
The Chatham
, pp. 75–7. See the Central Zionist Archives, Files of the Executive Committee, file 2480, Jamal al-Husayni to Musa Kazim al-Husayni, 5 August 1923.

35
.   P. Offer, ‘The Crystallization of the Mandatory Regime and the Laying of Foundations to the Jewish National Home, 1921–1931’, in M. Lissak (ed.),
The History
, p. 230.

36
.   
Mirat al-Sharq
, 27 June 1923;
Al-Karmil
, 5 July 1922.

37
.   N. Caplan,
Futile Diplomacy
, vol. 1, London 1983, p. 73.

38
.   Porath,
The Emergence
, pp. 189–92.

39
.   The Centre for Palestinian Research, file 220.

40
.   Darwaza,
Memories
, vol. 1, p. 46.

41
.   PRO, CO 733/68, Herbert Samuel to SoS for the Colonies, 23 May 1924.

42
.   PRO, CO 733/52, Political Report for November 1923, High Commissioner to SoS for the Colonies, 14 December 1923.

43
.   
Al-Karmil
, 19 July 1924.

44
.   F. Tuqan,
An Arduous Trip
, Acre 1985, pp. 28–9 (Arabic).

45
.   
Al-Karmil
, 6 February 1927;
Mirat al-Sharq
, 6 February 1927. See also Rubinstein, ‘The Arab Question in the Aftermath of the 1929 Events and the Establishment of the Unified Board of the Jewish Community Institutions: Political Aspects’, in I. Pappé (ed.),
Arabs and Jews in the Mandatory Era: A New Look at the Historical Research
, Givat Haviva 1992, p. 130 (Hebrew).

46
.   Quoted in
Haaretz
, 6 February 1927.

47
.   S. Dotan,
The Communist Party in Israel
, Kfar Saba 1991, p. 10 (Hebrew).

48
.   The Executive Committee’s Protocol, J1/7229, July–August 1927.

49
.   P. Khoury,
Syria under the French Mandate
, Princeton 1987, p. 553.

50
.   The Egyptian paper
al-Hilal
provided an extended description of the visit.

51
.   Rubinstein,
The Arab
, pp. 65–102.

52
.   Photos from the inquiry commission, the Shaw Commission, Tel Aviv 1929.

53
.   PRO, CO 733/98, SoS to Clayton, 2 May 1918.

54
.   Pappé,
Understanding
, pp. 87–108.

55
.   Al-Hut,
The Political
, pp. 218–21.

56
.   
Davar
, 2 October 1925. See PRO, CO 733/163, Shucburgh to Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1 January 1929.

57
.   Most of the committee’s publications appeared in Amin’s paper
Al-Jamaa’ al-Arabiyya
; see Porath,
The Emegence
, p. 214.

58
.   PRO, CO 733/160, Lock to Amery, 13 October 1928;
Davar
, 25–8 September 1928.

59
.   Mattar,
The Mufti
, pp. 35–7.

60
.   
Doar Ha-Yom
, 28 September 1928.

61
.   The Shaw Commission Report.

62
.   On Bentwich, see Pappé,
Understanding
.

63
.   . Mattar,
The Mufti
, p. 37.

64
.   Al-Peleg,
The Mufti
, pp. 25–6.

65
.   Shaw Commission Report, general impression.

66
.   I. M. al-Husayni,
Facts
, Beirut 1956, p. 10 (Arabic).

67
.   Mattar,
The Mufti
, pp. 41–2.

68
.   B. Katinka,
From Then to Now
, Jerusalem 1961, pp. 255–63 (Hebrew).

69
.   Shaw Commission Report, general impression.

70
.   PRO, CO 733/163, High Commissioner to SoS for the Colonies, 10 May 1929.

71
.   Mattar,
The Mufti
, p. 46, notes 69 and 70.

72
.   The Shaw Commission, session 46, p. 94.