Summary
Arabic newspaper of the Communist Party, in which — in Magid Shihade’s account, from Ahmad Sa’di’s study and his own archival work — the struggle of Kufr Yasif against land confiscation and the attempted deportation of refugees was published, including Emile Habibi’s well-known article calling on all Arabs to follow the village’s example (Settler Colonialism and Conflict: The Israeli State and its Palestinian Subjects, PDF p.12 / printed p.119).
Details
- “The struggle against these policies in the village led to publications in Al-Ittihad (the Communist Party Arabic newspaper), especially a well-known article by Emile Habibi calling on all Arabs to follow the example of Kafr Yassif” (Settler Colonialism and Conflict: The Israeli State and its Palestinian Subjects, PDF p.12 / printed p.119).
- In Manna, al-Ittihad condemned the arrest of many National Liberation League members among the hundreds expelled from Kufr Yasif in the combing operation of 1 March 1949 (Nakba and Survival, PDF p.179).
Related pages
Settler Colonialism and Conflict: The Israeli State and its Palestinian Subjects, Nakba and Survival, Kufr Yasif, Emile Habibi