Summary
The congress of elected representatives of the populations of Palestine, Lebanon and Syria whose unanimous resolution of 2 July 1919, quoted by Sayegh through George Antonius, opposed Zionist pretensions to a Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine and Zionist migration, while affirming common rights for Jewish compatriots.
Details
- The Congress consisted of elected representatives of the populations of Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria (Zionist Colonialism in Palestine, PDF p.17 / printed p.222).
- Its resolution, passed unanimously on 2 July 1919, opposed the pretensions of the Zionists to create a Jewish Commonwealth in the southern part of Syria, known as Palestine, and opposed Zionist migration to any part of the country, considering the Zionists a grave peril from the national, economical and political points of view, and declared that Jewish compatriots shall enjoy common rights and assume common responsibilities (Zionist Colonialism in Palestine, PDF p.17-18 / printed p.222-223).
- Sayegh’s source for the quotation is George Antonius, The Arab Awakening, p.441 (Note 4) (Zionist Colonialism in Palestine, PDF p.20 / printed p.225).
- The King-Crane Commission findings corroborated the decisions of the Congress (Zionist Colonialism in Palestine, PDF p.17 / printed p.222).
Related pages
Zionist Colonialism in Palestine, King-Crane Commission, Balfour Declaration