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The problem has been how to find a place under the warm Palestinian sun for the living skeletons who, from 1933 had suffered from the foul tortures of Hitler's fevered brain.'
The problem has been how to find a place under the warm Palestinian sun for the living skeletons who, from 1933 had suffered from the foul tortures of Hitler's fevered brain.'
Here was a new story of global dimension , resonant in press, screen and radio. The columnist's attack was levelled at a system, an ideology, the Arab world itself. Not the private lives of the individuals paragraphed, but their public performances were inveighed against.
Here was a new story of global dimension, resonant in press, screen and radio. The columnist's attack was levelled at a system, an ideology, the Arab world itself. Not the private lives of the individuals paragraphed, but their public performances were inveighed against.
The late Justice Bright of the Southern District of New Yotk said:
The late Justice Bright of the Southern District of New Yotk said:
The motion of the defendants to dismiss the complaint is granted.</small></blockquote></ref>
The motion of the defendants to dismiss the complaint is granted.</small></blockquote></ref>
[[File:Katibah libel claim dismissed.jpg|thumb|Katibah libel claim dismissed]]
May 1948: After writer wrote a column ''Meet the Arabianazis'' in the 'Daily Mirror'', Katibah filed a lawsuit, but the judge dismissed his case.<ref name=fodb/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yGEsAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA3 Herald-Journal, May 13, 1948].
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Walter Winchell.
Judge Dismisses Libel Action Against Winchell.
From the Associated Press May 5th. "Special Sessions Justice M. Simmons, in dismissing a complaint of criminal libel against the Daily Mirror the Hearst Corporation and said: 'The remarks in Winchell's column about him (H. I. Katibah) are a very feeble understatement and characterization'."
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"The judge delivered a lengthy oral opinion in which he said you and the Daily Mirror 'had made, a great contribution to the public welfare in printing the Meet the Arabianazis column'."</small></blockquote></ref>
In dismissing the complaint he said: 'The remarks in Winchell's column about him (H. I. Katibah) are a very feeble understatement and characterization.'
The judge delivered a lengthy oral opinion in which he said , the columnist and the Daily Mirror 'had made, a great contribution to the public welfare in printing the Meet the Arabianazis column.'