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Arab Executive Secy in London; Wants Same Rights As in Mesopotamia

November 12, 1929
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Denying that the anti-Zionist campaign of the Arab Executive is merely a cloak for anti-British agitation, Jamal Husseini, secretary of the Arab Executive, who arrived in London today, was quoted in the “London Daily Telegraph” and “London Mail” as saying that the terms of the Mandate and the Balfour Declaration were unjust. Husseni said: “We ask for treatment corresponding to that accorded the Arabs of Mesopotamia.”

Pointing out that a great deal has been heard in England about the Jewish side of the Palestine troubles and too little of the Arabs’ side, he said that a conference of Arab representatives had resolved that unless the Arab case was favorably settled after the return of the Inquiry Commission, the Arabs will refuse to pay taxes.

If the situation of the Arabs remained unsatisfactory, he warned that an army of ten thousand would be necessary to keep his countrymen in submission.

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