The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty (89 page)

Victoria, Queen Augusta:
115

al-Wafa’i, al-Husayni: revolt led by,
62

al-Wafa’i, ibn-Mustafa al-Husayni: escape from Jerusalem (1705),
23
;
naqib al-ashraf
of Jerusalem,
23

Wafd Party: creation of (1919),
184–5
; members of,
316

Waqf
: rise of,
17
-18

Wauchope, Sir Arthur:
264
,
286
; British High Commissioner,
267
,
271
,
276

Webb, Sidney: British Colonial Secretary,
251
,
261

Weber, Max: theories of,
13
,
30

Weizmann, Chaim:
183
,
185
,
208
,
213
,
224
,
233
,
243–4
,
250
,
283
; influence of,
188
,
246
,
261
; writings of,
260

Welfare Organization of the Women of Jerusalem: established (1919),
198

Whittingham, George Napier:
206
; observations of Nabi Musa procession,
202–3

Wilhelm II, Kaiser: accession of (1898),
100
; imperial aspirations of,
113
; visit to Jerusalem (1898),
112

Wilsceny, Dieter: deputy of Adolf Eichmann,
331

Wilson, Woodrow:
188
; foreign policy of,
184
,
186
,
188

Wolf, Dr Heinrich: German Consul General,
273–4

Women’s Palestine Defense Committee: formation of,
306

Woodhead, Sir John: head of commission of inquiry,
310

Woodhead Commission:
310
; withdrawal of,
310

World Zionist Federation:
245

Yasin, Yusuf:
181

Young, William Tanner: first British consul in Jerusalem,
86

Young Turk Revolution (1908):
132–3
,
168
; achievements of,
149
,
180
; ideology of,
135

Young Turks:
95–6
,
100
,
124
,
134
,
136
,
139
,
145
,
154
,
158–9
; members of,
135
,
141
; new constitution (1908),
143
; origins of,
127
; support for Abd al-Hamid II,
95

Yunis, Muhammad: arrest of (1938),
305
; director of Agricultural Bank,
288
,
305

Yunis, Sawfat: director of Higher Arab Committee,
305

Zimbabwe: formerly Rhodesia,
323

Zionism:
8–9
,
21
,
66
,
82
,
112
,
118
,
122
,
124
,
138
,
143
,
148
,
175
,
179
,
182
,
189
,
193
,
199
,
219
,
226
,
234
,
238
,
249
,
259
,
272
,
364
; colonization/immigration activity,
11
,
120
,
125
,
145–6
,
149
,
177
; criticisms of,
125
-6,
130
,
146–7
,
154
,
177
,
179
,
187
,
194
,
196
,
200
,
211
,
216
,
302
,
309
,
361
,
366
; ‘
Hatikvah
’,
197
; ideology of,
119
,
123
; relationship with nationalism,
20
; rise of,
62
; supporters of,
155

Zionist Commission: members of,
212

Zionist Congress:
251
; members of,
179
; recommendations regarding Jewish land acquisition,
122

Zionist Federation:
237
,
240
; Arab Department,
233
; members of,
151

Zuaytar, Akram: head of Damascus branch of Palestinian Information Office,
301