Summary
Founder of the Filastin al-Jadida (“New Palestine”) society, in whom the Socialist League in 1946 seemed at long last to find an Arab counterpart, until his assassination as a traitor to the Palestinian Arab national cause (Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948, Chapter 8 note 37, line 4239).
Details
- In 1946 the League had at long last seemed to find an Arab counterpart in al-Husayni and his Filastin al-Jadida (“New Palestine”) society (Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948, line 4239).
- Al-Husayni, a distant relative of the Mufti, was soon assassinated as a traitor to the Palestinian Arab national cause, and no one else stepped forward to take his place (Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948, line 4239).
- The episode is recorded in Lockman’s account of Hashomer Hatza’ir and the Socialist League’s futile 1945-47 search for Arab elements willing to back binationalism: such elements hardly existed and were quickly marginalized, if not liquidated (Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948, lines 4061-4067).
Related pages
Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948, Socialist League, Hashomer Hatza’ir, Arab Higher Committee