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| | On Jan 10, 1946, the ''NYT'' reported, that "all-Inclusive gathering Palestine Arabs called for boycotting Jews-- wants Mufti's return."<ref>Gene Currivan, [https://www.nytimes.com/1946/01/10/archives/arabs-in-palestine-ask-mandates-end-allinclusive-gathering-also.html ARABS IN PALESTINE ASK MANDATE'S END; All-Inclusive Gathering Also Calls for Boycotting Jews-- Wants Mufti's Return], ''The New York Times'', Jan. 10, 1946.<blockquote> | | On Jan 10, 1946, the ''NYT'' reported, that "all-Inclusive gathering Palestine Arabs called for boycotting Jews-- wants Mufti's return."<ref>Gene Currivan, [https://www.nytimes.com/1946/01/10/archives/arabs-in-palestine-ask-mandates-end-allinclusive-gathering-also.html ARABS IN PALESTINE ASK MANDATE'S END; All-Inclusive Gathering Also Calls for Boycotting Jews-- Wants Mufti's Return], ''The New York Times'', Jan. 10, 1946.<blockquote> |
| | JERUSALEM, Jan. 9--The last lingering hope that some semblance of peace might obtain in Palestine, at least during the discussions of the joint Anglo-American inqujry committee, was smashed today when the most representative gathering of Arabs in ...</blockquote></ref> | | JERUSALEM, Jan. 9--The last lingering hope that some semblance of peace might obtain in Palestine, at least during the discussions of the joint Anglo-American inqujry committee, was smashed today when the most representative gathering of Arabs in ...</blockquote></ref> |
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| | + | On May 2, 1946, at a "15,000 screaming Arabs"" violent demonstration and calls for a "holy war" against the Anglo-Americans, "many of the Arabs carried pictures of Haj Amin Effendi El Husselni, pro-Nazi former grand mufti of Jerusalem whose support of Hitler caused his exile from Palestine. Arabs alternately cheered the mufti's picture and cursed the British and Americans."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4FksAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA22 Herald-Journal May 2, 1946P.<blockquote><small> |
| | + | Mob Violence Highlights Arab's Strike |
| | + | UN Intervention, |
| | + | 'Holy war,' |
| | + | Soviet Aid Asked. |
| | + | Jerusalem, May 3. (UP) |
| | + | A 12-Hours general strike paralyzed the Holy Land today, highlighted by violence within the Walled old city of Jerusalem when 15,000 screaming Arabs attempted to storm through Danascus gate into the modern city. |
| | + | The strike stopped all commercial life in Palestine, Syria and Lebanon and brought Arab demands for United Nations intervention, a "holy war" against the Anglo-Americans, and an appeal to Russia to join the Arab cause... |
| | + | Many of the Arabs carried pictures of Haj Amin Effendi El Husselni, pro-Nazi former grand mufti of Jerusalem whose support of Hitler caused his exile from Palestine. Arabs alternately cheered the mufti's picture and cursed the British and Americans.</small></blockquote></ref> |
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