Mufti Suggests Treaty With Britain
(1.30 p.m.)
JERUSALEM, June 16,
liusseini, the exiled Mufti of Jerusalem, in a message read at many mosques throughout Palestine, demanded independence for Palestine as an Arab state. The Mufti called for “cessation of the experiment of a Jewish National Home,” also cessation of the British mandate and replacement by a treaty similar to that existing between Britain and Irak and between France and Syria. The Mufti added: “The Arabs are prepared to negotiate in a reasonable spirit the conditions under which reasonable British interests shall be safeguarded and approve the necessary guarantees for protection of the legitimate rights of the Jewish population and other minorities in Palestine.” The United Nations Palestine Commission at its first informal session discussed procedure.
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Northern Advocate, 17 June 1947, Page 5
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