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إميل غوري Emil Ghuri / Emile Ghouri / Emil Ghoury
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PASSIA - Ghoury Emil.. "... founder and chief-editor of the English weekly Arab Federation in Jerusalem..."
The Palestine Post. 16 July 1934>.
TROUBLES IN GERMANY.
The following paragraph is taken from the Arab Federation, a Jerusalem weekly in English, dated July 7. The people of Palestine have been watching the recent troubles in Germany with great interest and keen.
They were astonished by the courageous quick actions of Hitler whom the Arabs admire very much.
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Ghouri headed the creation of the "Youth Groups", the party's youth movement, and was a member of a special committee that ran the organization. The youth movement resembled the "Hitler Youth" in Nazi Germany, and the committee even officially called the groups "Nazi Scouts" for a short period of time, but after a certain period the name was changed to the Islamic nickname "Al-Futuwwa".
Porath, Y. (2023). The Palestinian Arab National Movement, 1929-1939: From Riots to Rebellion. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, p.76
Special attention was paid by the heads of the Party to organising the Youth in a special youth organisation. From the outset Emīl al- Ghawri, the Secretary General of the Party, was the animating spirit behind this endeavour. At first, he tried to work through the Boy Scout troops, but fairly soon he went further and attempted to form a separate organisation, 'the Youth Troops' (Firaq al-Shabab). A special Committee, including Emīl al-Ghawri , took over this task.
The organisers of this youth organisation were inspired by the Nazi organisation and for a short while they even called their organisation ' the Nazi Scouts', although later on they preferred the more traditional Islamic title al-Futuwwah (the name of medieval Islamic chivalrous societies). The Nazi leanings of the Husaynis were not coincidental. The bestial anti-Jewish attitude of the Nazis drew the attention of the Palestinian Arab nationalists who regarded the Nazis as natural allies in the struggle against the Jews.
Following the Nazi electoral victory , on 31st March 1933 , Amīn al-Husayni came to see Herr Wolff, the German Consul at Jerusalem, and stated that 'the Muslims inside and outside Palestine welcome the new regime of Germany and hope for the extension of the fascist, anti-democratic governmental system (Staatsführung) to other countries'. He expressed the Arabs' readiness to join in the anti-Jewish boycott and to propagate the idea of this boycott among the Muslims throughout the world.
The organisational activities bore fruit and the constituent meeting of the troops took place on 11th February 1936 in Jerusalem. Despite the change of name, the Nazi-inspired spirit was manifest in this meeting. One of the speakers, Ayyüb Musallam, related how Germany, through the rise to power of Hitler and his Youth movement, had compelled the French to relinquish their hold on relinquish their hold on Germany's industrial regions, and how Turkey, under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal AtaTurk had long ago foiled Greek attempts to take Anatolia and was now rapidly regaining her former eminence.
Jāmal al-Husayni was more explicit in exposing his Nazi source of inspiration. He told the meeting that Hitler had had only six followers at the outset; they increased to 600 and now numbered 60 million. He wondered whether this gathering would be a similar nucleus of national resurrection.
After passing resolutions regarding the uniform of the troops , the need for military drills etc., they adopted the following credo:
'Liberty is my right; independence is my goal; Arabism is my principle; Palestine is my country and mine only. This I attest and God is a witness to my words'.
In the constituent congress the Palestinian Arab Party adopted its programme, with a strong nationalist and pan-Arab character. It declared the goals of the Party to be as follows:
'a) Independence of Palestine and abolition of the Mandate.
b) Safeguarding the Arab character of Palestine and resisting the establishment of the National Home for the Jews.
c) Connecting Palestine with the Arab countries through a completely independent national and political unity.
d ) Improving the situation of the Arab nation in Palestine socially, economically and culturally.'The propaganda campaign which the Party held since its formation stressed these motives. The anti-Zionist tone was very strong and urgently appealed to the Arab and Muslim worlds to come to the aid of Palestine, underlying the dangers that the Arab countries themselves might face if Zionism were not stopped.
Morris, B. (2011). Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001. United Kingdom: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, p.124.
...the Husseinis in March 1935 formed the Palestinian Arab Party, whose platform called for resistance to the establishment of a Jewish National Home. It set up its own youth corps, al-Futuwwa (the name of an association of Arab knights during the Middle Ages), which resembled Germany's Hitler and was officially designated the "Nazi Scouts."
At the founding meeting on February 11, 1936, Jamal al-Husseini, a principal aide of Hajj Amin, declared that Hitler had started out with only six followers and now had sixty million. The first seventy al-Futuwwa recruits took the following oath:
" Life – my right ; independence – my aspiration : Arabism – my principle ; Palestine – my country, and there is no room in it for any but Arabs. In this I believe and Allah is my witness."
Becker, J. (2014). The PLO: The Rise and Fall of the Palestine Liberation Organization. United Kingdom: AuthorHouse, p.21.
In March 1935 the Husseinis also formed a party, called the Palestinian Arab Party. It was, as its president Jamal Husseini freely boasted, inspired by German Nazism. It included a 'youth troop', modelled on the Hitler Youth, for a while actually called the 'Nazi Scouts'.
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1. Herf J. Haj Amin al-Husseini and the French Government: May 1945–May 1946. In: Israel’s Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945–1949. Cambridge University Press; 2022:106-130 [*]. Herf, J. (2022). Israel's Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945–1949. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, p. 108.
From the time of his capture by French soldiers May 1945 to his “escape” to Egypt in May 1946, Haj Amin al-Husseini was held under house arrest near Paris by the French government.
On May 18, 1945:
René Chauvel, the secretary general of the MFA, reported that Emile Ghoury (Emil Ghouri), the secretary of the Arab Higher Committee and general secretary of the Palestine Arab Party, had emphasized the continuing “influence and esteem” that Husseini retained in Palestine, and he, too, wanted to be able to reassure Husseini's supporters who were viewing his condition “with anxiety.” While Ghoury recognized that France could not release Husseini, “the assurance that he is welcomed to French territory with the respect due to his religious personality would be sufficient to foster the recognition and appreciation of the Arabs of Palestine.”
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Congress Weekly. (1951). United States: American Jewish Congress, p. 10 [*].
... Emile Ghoury, spokesman for the Arab Higher Committee (and a man whose past labels him an Axis agent), was permitted to indulge in a long speech, parts of which were as anti-Jewish as any public remarks ever uttered by Adolf Hitler. Ghoury defended the ex-Mufti, declaring he was a patriot and not really an enemy of Great Britain. He had the effrontery to compare the ex-Mufti with George Washington and added maliciously: "The Jews are questioning the record of an Arab spiritual leader. Does that properly come from the mouth of a people who have crucified the founder of Christianity?" There was a tremor of excitement in the room as the arrogant Arab made the statement which revealed the true quality of the Arab spokesmen. Chairman Lester Pearson restored order and demanded that "unfortunate controversial statements" be omitted. Ghoury agreed , but the poison had been spread...
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Political Committee Votes to Delete Independence from Inquiry Body’s Terms of Reference. JTA, May 12, 1947.
Lake Success, May 12, (JTA)
The Arab drive to have the U.N. inquiry committee instructed to study the independence of Palestine collapsed this evening when the Political and Security Committee voted 29 to 14 to completely delete any references to the question of independence from the inquiry group’s terms of reference.
[...]
BEN GURION SAYS JEWISH STATE AND ARAB-JEWISH ALLIANCE ONLY LASTING SOLUTION.
Ben Gurion, speaking this afternoon, said that the only real and long lasting solution of the Palestine problem is a Jewish State and a Jewish-Arab alliance. He appealed to the United Nations to promote such a solution. “The Jewish nation in its own country must become a free, independent state, with membership in the United Nations,” he said. “It is eager to cooperate with its free Arab neighbors to promote the economic development, social progress and the real independence of all the Semitic countries in the Middle East.”
Ben Gurion asked the United Nations “to set right” the failure of the British Government in Palestine and “to insure that the international obligation towards the wish people in Palestine is faithfully fulfilled.” This obligation, he said, is the restoration of Palestine to the Jewish people” as provided in the Mandate and other international documents.
Ben Gurion charged Britain with responsibility for the mass extermination of Jews in Europe by barring their entrance to Palestine under the White Paper policy. He also charged Britain with introducing racial legislation and a police regime in Palestine. He emphasized that Britain was not authorized by the Mandate to find a solution for Palestine, but was charged by the League of Nations with carrying out a definite settlement determined by herself and confirmed by all the Allies and associated powers of World War I as well as through Emir Feisal and the Syrian-Arab committee. Therefore the British statement that they tried for years to settle the Palestine problem and have failed “is open to misunderstanding” since Britain was not charged with discovering a solution, but with carrying out the restoration of Palestine to the Jewish people, the Agency chairman said.
Touching upon the Arab arguments that the Arabs are not responsible for the persecution of Jews in Europe and do not consider it their obligation to relieve the alight of the European Jews, Ben Gurion said it never entered the mind of the Jewish Agency to charge the Arabs with solving the Jewish problem or asking Arab countries to accept Jewish refugees.
“We are bringing homeless and persecuted Jews to our own country and settling them in Jewish towns and villages,” he declared. “There are Arab towns and villages in Palestine–Nablus, Jenin, Ramleh, Zarnucka, Libia, Terschicha. You will not find a single refugee in any of them. The Jews who are returning to their country are settled in Petach Tikvah, Rishon L’Zion, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Dagania and other cities and villages built by us. The return of the Jews to their country is a work of self-liberation and self-reconstruction which is contributing to the reconstruction and liberation of the country as a whole.”
Reviewing Jewish achievements in Palestine, Ben Gurion said that they are as beneficial to the Arabs as to the Jews. “We have no conflict with the Arab peole,” the stated. “On the contrary, it is our deep conviction that historically the interests and aspirations of the Jewish and Arab peoples are compatible and complementary. A Jewish-Arab partnership based on equality and mutual assistance will help to bring about the regeneration of the entire Middle East. We Jews understand and deeply sympathize with the urge of the Arab people for unity, independence and progress. And our Arab neighbors, I hope, will realize that the Jews in their own historic homeland can under no conditions be made to remain a subordinate, dependent minority, as they are in all other countries of the Diaspora.”
ARAB REPRESENTATIVE DEFENDS MUFTI; RAISES CRUCIFIXION ISSUE.
Ghoury, who was heard this afternoon, said “the question of the Mufti was raised this morning by the spokesman of the Jewish Agency. The Jews are questioning the record of an Arab spiritual leader. Does that properly come from the mouth of a people who have crucified the founder of Christianity?” At this point he was interrupted by chairman Lester Pearson, but stated that he had ended his remark.
Ghoury defended the Mufti’s collaboration with the Axis, saying the Mufti had no other recourse than to seek refuge in Germany. He threatened that the Palestine Arabs may boycott the inquiry committee, if its terms of reference link the Palestine problem with that of the DP’s. He added that the Palestine Arabs will refuse to consider any solution affecting their sovoreignty and insisted on immediate and complete stoppage of Jewish immigration during the interim period while the inquiry committee is making its investigations.
Pearson twice sternly instructed Ghoury to restrict his remarks to the purpose of the inquiry. He said that the bona fides of any member of the Arab Higher Committee had not been questioned or attacked...
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Behind Palestine’s Arab Armies: Power Politics and Mid-East Intrigue. Two Arab armies, Najada and Futuwah, have been sharing the limelight of Palestine news dispatches with Hagana, central Jewish resistance…
by J. L. Teller. Commentary. March 1947.
Emil Ghoury, graduate of the University of Cincinnati, class of 1933, a pre-war envoy of the Mufti’s to the United States and Britain, and present secretary of the Mufti’s Palestine Arab party, has been slated to become the real boss or “political commissar” of the Arab armies. He was liaison officer between this party and Futuwah before the reported unification of the two forces. But according to the most recent reports, the Nablus branch of Najada, financed by Arab political opponents of the Husseinites who had hoped that the organization would protect them against Husseini terror, has renounced Hawari and is opposed to the merger.
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The Palestinians and the “Right of Return” The latest condition for "peace" is without basis in law or historical fact and happens to entail Israel's self-destruction. by Efraim Karsh. Commentary, May 2001.
In an interview with the London Telegraph in August 1948, the Palestinian leader Emile Ghoury blamed not Israel but the Arab states for the creation of the refugee problem; so did the organizers of protest demonstrations that took place in many West Bank towns on the first anniversary of Israel’s establishment. During a fact-finding mission to Gaza in June 1949, Sir John Troutbeck, head of the British Middle East office in Cairo and no friend to Israel or the Jews, was surprised to discover that while the refugees express no bitterness against the Jews (or for that matter against the Americans or ourselves) they speak with the utmost bitterness of the Egyptians and other Arab states. “We know who our enemies are,” they will say, and they are referring to their Arab brothers who, they declare, persuaded them unnecessarily to leave their home. . . . I even heard it said that many of the refugees would give a welcome to the Israelis if they were to come in and take the district over.
Bartal, S. (2015). Jihad in Palestine: Political Islam and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, p.5.
Emile Ghuri was born in Jerusalem in 1907 and died in Jordan in 1984. He was very active in the Arab nationalistic movement in Palestine during the British Mandate . He served as the general secretary of the Palestine Arab Party as well as one of the representatives of the Arab Higher Committee (led by the Mufti Hajj Amin al-Husayni) in London in 1936. In 1949 , he was a representative of the Arab Higher Committee at the United Nations.
From then on, until 1968, he held many different positions where he represented Palestinian matters in all types of international forums, mostly as a representative of the Arab Higher Committee.
Thus, for example, in 1950–52 , he served as a representative of the Arab Higher Committee in Beirut. In 1952, he moved to Egypt where, up until 1966, he was the director of the Propaganda and National Rebellion Office of the Arab Higher Committee. In 1966, he returned to Jerusalem, at that time under Jordanian control, and filled a number of positions in the Jordanian government.
Today the Arab Hitler Youth (Hatem Bazian’s SJP, WOL, CUAD, Samidoun) have learned to be more “complex” especially on campus. Including Mahmoud Khalil and his ilk.
Thanks. Great historic information.
They really are Hitler’s kids, aren’t they?
The most vast pro Hitler zone left post WW2, is Arab Muslim palestine.
Full official record: What the mufti said to Hitler (Oct 21, 2015)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-official-record-what-the-mufti-said-to-hitler/
Erdogan’s former classmate blasts anti-Semitism on Turkish TV
Smadar Perry |Published: 04.08.14
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4507646,00.html
Avraham Krispin of Tel Aviv still remembers how Turkey’s prime minister used to walk around school with a copy of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf.’ Now he is he irritated by a new series in which a Turkish hero fights a religious Jew.
Smadar Perry |Published: 04.08.14
Thanks
I have watched Erdogan for a long time.
The voters are sick of him and are getting behind the CHP (Kemalists). They do not support ISIS, al Qaeda, or Islamist Jihadi’s.
They may actually overcome the election fraud.
Dictator Erdogan likes to make “Hitler comparisons,” a lot.
While, in fact:
Turkey’s president says all he wants is same powers as Hitler
No surprise.
It is hard to imagine him remaining in power this long without Kemalists returning to power.
The arrest of his opponent, the mayor could have started a change but he cracked down really as a dictator he is, just like Hamas does .
Yes. Exactly like the Nazi’s. They model after them.
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