SERIOUS DISPUTES IN PALESTINE
TERRORIST LEADERS AND REBEL COMMITTEE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS (British Official Wireless] RUGBY, 9th May. Reports continue to reach interested quarters in London from Damascus which reveal serious dissension between the Palestine terrorist leaders and the rebel committee there. The disputes are principally about funds which the terrorist leaders contend are being employed by members of the committee fcfr their own use.
Certain gang leaders are stated to have decided to attempt to return to Palestine for the purpose of collecting the money themselves. For example, Mohil Zawati, Abdul Razzak’s henchman, who is in Transjordan, openly admitted these differences recently and said that while he had no interest in the rebellion as a national movement, he intended to return to collect as much money as possible for himself.
Abdul Kahder Husseini is reliably reported to have made demands foxmoney from a number of villages, including Beitunya and Subaher.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 11 May 1939, Page 7
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