Rumors concerning the tenor of the forthcoming report of the Royal Commission on Palestine have already split the Holy Land’s Arabs into two hostile camps, detracting for the moment from the bitter anti-Jewish campaign, the Havas News Agency reported.
Main cause of the dispute between the two Arab groups — one headed by the Grand Mufti and the other by the moderate Nashashibi — is the report that the Royal Commission will recommend placing part of Palestine under the sovereignty of the Emir Abdullah of Transjordan and leaving the rest of the country to the Jews.
The argument reached new heights with the recent return of the Emir from Europe. Al Liwaa, organ of the Grand Mufti, accused the ruler of Transjordan of preparing to annex his territory to Palestine. The Palestine’s Arab population and consequently lead to authorization for greater Jewish immigration.
Falastin, organ of Nashashibi’s party, on the other hand, supports the Emir, hotly denies the Grand Mufti’s allegations and calls for dissolution of the Arab Supreme Committee in Jerusalem, headed by the Mufti, on the grounds of its inactivity.
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