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French Press Hits Syria for Harboring Mufti

October 19, 1937
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PARIS NEWSPAPERS EXPRESSED DISSATISFACTION TODAY WITH THE HARBORING IN FRENCH-MANDATED SYRIA OF GRAND MUFTI HAJ AMIN EL HUSSEINI. LE JOURNAL, IN A LEADING ARTICLE, TERMED THE MUFTI “A TROUBLESOME PEST” AND WARNED THAT THE PRESENCE OF SO MANY PALESTINE REBELS IN SYRIA CONSTITUTED A MENACE TO SYRIA’S SECURITY. LE TEMPS DECLARED RECENT REPRESSIVE MEASURES AGAINST ARAB AGITATORS IN PALESTINE MADE A GOOD IMPRESSION ON JEWISH AND PEACEFUL ARAB CIRCLES, ADDING THAT THE MUFTI’S FLIGHT WOULD GREATLY FACILITATE THE PALESTINE GOVERNMENT’S PACIFYING TACTICS.

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