Summary
The Monterrey, Mexico Palestinian body whose members drafted the February 23, 1927 petition to High Commissioner Herbert Plumer demanding recognition of Palestinians’ rights to Palestinian nationality, in Bawalsa’s account (The Case for Palestinian Nationality, line 225).
Details
- The petition its members drafted was six pages and signed by over 300 Palestinians residing in Mexico; it threatened to carry the claim before the League of Nations, “the arbiter of international law” (lines 225-227).
- Its quoted words: “We were born in that territory; have always wished to be Palestinians” (line 227).
Related pages
The Case for Palestinian Nationality, Herbert Plumer, Palestinian nationality, Palestinian Arab diaspora