The Palestine Arabs will send a delegation to America for the purpose of securing funds from Palestinian and Syrian Arabs resident in the United States, according to the announcement of Jamal Il Husseini, Secretary of the Palestine Arab Executive.
Husseini published the program of the Seventh Arab Congress which is to convene shortly. It will consider the following projects:
To establish a general Arab Association for buying land to prevent it passing into Jewish hands. On the establishment of this Association a delegation should be sent to America to sell shares to the Arabs of Palestine and Syria who are residents of the United States in order to help this work.
To start a re-organization of the Arab Associations in all the towns and villages of Palestine with a view to commencing a renewed vigorous activity to safeguard the rights of the Palestine Arabs.
To consider the political situation as affected by the events in the Hedjas and to take action accordingly.
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