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The British consul in Damascus reported on the establishment of "'Usbat al-Amal al-Qawmi" on 30.9.33:
The British consul in Damascus reported on the establishment of "'Usbat al-Amal al-Qawmi" on 30.9.33:
The young Syrians, who organized themselves in a party called the National Action League ('Usbat al-Amal al-Qawmi ), gathered towards the end of August in the village of Karnil in Lebanon.
The conference was attended by representatives from Palestine, led by Akram Zuaitar, and Iraq, led by Naji Maruf. Representatives did participate ... the organization carries the seeds of a Syrian fascist party, seeds that may germinate and blossom if the current government fails in negotiations with the Mandatory Power.</font></blockquote></ref><ref>Hamdi, Walid M. S.. Rashid Ali Al-Gailani and the Nationalist Movement in Iraq 1939-1941: A Political and Military Study of the British Campaign in Iraq and the National Revolution of May 1941. United Kingdom: Darf, 1987. p.68.</ref>
The conference was attended by representatives from Palestine, led by Akram Zuaitar, and Iraq, led by Naji Maruf. Representatives did participate ... the organization carries the seeds of a Syrian fascist party, seeds that may germinate and blossom if the current government fails in negotiations with the Mandatory Power.</font></blockquote></ref><ref>Hamdi, Walid M. S.. Rashid Ali Al-Gailani and the Nationalist Movement in Iraq 1939-1941: A Political and Military Study of the British Campaign in Iraq and the National Revolution of May 1941. United Kingdom: Darf, 1987. p.68.</ref>
* 1937 September: at Bloudan pan-Arab conference.
* 1937 September: at Bloudan pan-Arab conference.
* 1937-8 fled to [[Iraq]], with the [[Grand Mufti of Jerusalem |Mufti]] and with [[Darwish Al-Miqdadi |Darwish al-Mikdadi]] agitating hate in [[Iraq]]. Culminating in the infamous ''Farhoud''.<ref>Ben-Jacob, Abraham. A history of the Jews in Iraq : From the end of the Gaonic period [1038 C.e.] to the present time [Yehudei Bavel: mi-sof tkufat ha-ge'onim 'ad yamenu : 1038-1960]. Israel: Kiryat Sefer, 1979. [https://books.google.com/books?id=jwBXAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9A+%D7%98%D7%91%D7%97%22 pp.249-52].
* 1937-8 fled to [[Iraq]], with the [[Grand Mufti of Jerusalem |Mufti]] and with [[Darwish Al-Miqdadi |Darwish al-Mikdadi]] instigating hatred in [[Iraq]]. Culminating in the infamous ''Farhoud''.<ref>Ben-Jacob, Abraham. A history of the Jews in Iraq : From the end of the Gaonic period [1038 C.e.] to the present time [Yehudei Bavel: mi-sof tkufat ha-ge'onim 'ad yamenu : 1038-1960]. Israel: Kiryat Sefer, 1979. [https://books.google.com/books?id=jwBXAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9A+%D7%98%D7%91%D7%97%22 pp.249-52].
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In the year 5696 (c. 1936), the riots broke out in the Land of Israel. Every minor agitation and every exaggerated news that reached Iraq by the Arab newspapers from the Land of Israel made wings to the detriment of the Jews there. From the day the riots began in Israel, Iraqi Jews avoided walking in the streets in the evening, even in the Jewish neighborhoods. Every Jewish institution and Jewish club was seen by the Arabs as "Zionist" and therefore it was permissible to burn and destroy it. The war against Zionism was officially waged.
In the year 5696 (c. 1936), the riots broke out in the Land of Israel. Every minor agitation and every exaggerated news that reached Iraq by the Arab newspapers from the Land of Israel made wings to the detriment of the Jews there. From the day the riots began in Israel, Iraqi Jews avoided walking in the streets in the evening, even in the Jewish neighborhoods. Every Jewish institution and Jewish club was seen by the Arabs as "Zionist" and therefore it was permissible to burn and destroy it. The war against Zionism was officially waged.