Summary
The locomotive engineer who sat on the Jewish-led railway union’s central committee, then became a leader of the Palestine Arab Workers Society, where he argued Jews should be accepted as full and equal members (Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948, lines 1570, 1842-1844).
Details
- Kamil continued in the PAWS to argue for the apolitical, internationalist trade unionism Arab leaders had originally demanded of the Union of Railway, Postal and Telegraph Workers; failing to convince his colleagues he ultimately resigned or was expelled, taking some supporters, apparently rejoined the URPTW, but later returned to the PAWS, where he remained — and the PAWS would in subsequent years adopt his perspective of dissolving into a truly international unitary union unattached to the Histadrut (Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948, lines 1842-1844; Chapter 4 note 3).
- He was one of the four Arab delegates who met the High Commissioner in Jerusalem on June 17, 1935, during the railway workers’ mobilization (lines 1926-1928).
Related pages
Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948, Palestine Arab Workers Society, Union of Railway, Postal and Telegraph Workers, Arab Union of Railway Workers