Through the Eyes of the Mufti
Mufti Haj Amin al-Husayni had no chance of prevailing against the well-organized Zionist movement with its international support. The Palestinian Party that he headed after the First World War was split, conflicted and rife with corruption. In particular, it was isolated, with neighbouring Arab countries more concerned with their own problems. In light of this state of affairs, Haj Amin sought to enlist the help of the Arab and Muslim world in favor of the Palestinians. How did he do this?...
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Mufti Haj Amin al-Husayni had no chance of prevailing against the well-organized Zionist movement with its international support. The Palestinian Party that he headed after the First World War was split, conflicted and rife with corruption. In particular it was isolated, with neighbouring Arab countries more concerned with their own problems. In light of this state of affairs Haj Amin sought to enlist the help of the Arab and Muslim world in favor of the Palestinians. How did he do this? When appealing to the Arab world he utilized the myth that the Zionists intended to use the Land of Israel as a base from which they would seek to conquer all Arab countries; when appealing to the Muslim world he said that the Jews wished to destroy the al-Aqsa mosque and build their temple on its ruins.Another of the Mufti's myths was the story of 'the ancient conspiracy', recounting the plot of the British and the Jews to expel the Arabs from Palestine and award the consequently uninhabited land to the Jews. Even though this 'plot' was unsubstantiated, at the time it became anchored in the consciousness of millions of local Palestinians who believed the Mufti's inventions and were alarmed by them. This remains true to a great degree to this very day.The book presents the Mufti's essays - the literal source of those myths, as well as notes and essays which reply to the ideas presented by Haj Amin.
Preface viiIntroduction xiPart I A Collection of Essays by the MuftiIntroduction by the Mufti 31 The Enemies Spread False Propaganda and Misleading Rumours about the Palestinians 62 The Solutions Presented by Britain Were a Chain of Deceit 233 A Living and Honourable Nation Does Not Accept the Partition of its Homeland 374 The Arab Higher Authority Objected to the Arab Exodus from Palestine 475 The Conflict between Myself and King 'Abdallah Was Political, Concerning Principles and Methods, and Not Personal 646 How the Colonialist Authorities Prevented My Entrance to Palestine 707 The Position of the United States on the Palestinian Problem - Hostility towards the Arabs and a Predisposition towards the Jews 828 The Goal of the Zionist Movement: To Establish a Jewish State in Palestine and in the Neighbouring Arab Countries and to Build a Jewish Temple in Place of the Dome of the Rock at the al-Aqsa Mosque 989 Britain Enticed the Jews of the World to Migrate to Palestine 10710 Reconciliation Between the Arabs and the Jews Means Suicide for the Arab Nation 12011 The Goals of British Colonialism Corresponded with Jewish Interests 132Part II Discussion of Central Issues By Zvi Elpeleg12 The al-Aqsa Mosque and Solomon's Temple 15913 The Problem of the Lands 16614 The English-Jewish 'Conspiracy' 17915 The Invasion in 1948 19216 Why Was 'Independent Palestine' Never Created in 1948? 204Chronology 225Bibliography 228Index 235
