The four-man Arab Higher Committee today addressed a manifesto to “the Arab nation,” declaring that the sale of Arab lands to Jews was “a national crime and high treason, punishable as such,” The manifesto was signed by Jamal Hussini, vice-chairman of the committee, of which the Mufti is the head.
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