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Plan to Form Palestine “government-in-exile” Opposed in Cairo

August 20, 1959
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The ex-Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin el-Husseini, is described as “the most dangerous man in the Arab world, ” in the current issue of the largest Cairo Arab weekly, Rose el-Youssef. The publication condemns his plans to form a Palestine government-in-exile with the backing of a foreign government which is not identified.

This is the first time that a leading Egyptian publication has attacked the exiled ex-Mufti. At the same time, the Cairo newspaper “Al Alan,” organ of the right-wing Istiqlal Party, reported today that the formation of a “Palestine Government,” backed by an army capable of “taking the offensive against the State of Israel, ” will be proposed at the next session of the Arab League, to be convened at Casablanca, December 1.

“Al Alan” is reported stating that the “Palestine Army” will be placed under the command of Col. Ali Abu Nawer, a former officer in the Jordanian Army. Under the plan proposed to the League, declares the Cairo newspaper, all Arab states that are members of the League will join in financing the new “government” and its army.

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