Summary
Palestinian nationalist leader who returned from exile early in 1946 to assume the leadership of the reconstituted Arab Higher Committee, its presidency left vacant for his cousin Amin al-Husayni (Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948, line 3939).
Details
- Determined to reassert the AHC’s hegemony within the Arab community, Jamal al-Husayni publicly denounced the Arab Workers’ Congress for allegedly seeking unity with Ben-Gurion and the Jews; NLL/AWC leader Fu’ad Nassar rejected the criticisms as misinformed and defended his movement’s program (Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948, line 3939).
- When Jamal al-Husayni reorganized the AHC in April 1946, he appointed Sami Taha a member; within a few months another reshuffling terminated Taha’s membership, but Taha retained close ties to the Husayni-dominated nationalist leadership through the first half of 1947, serving on an AHC subcommittee drafting a constitution and election law for the future independent Arab Palestine and on the AHC delegation at the abortive London negotiations of 1947 (Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948, line 3951).
Related pages
Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948, Arab Higher Committee, Amin al-Hussaini, Sami Taha, Arab Workers’ Congress, Fu’ad Nassar