Free Republic

When Nazi envoy, Goebbels' aide, Hans Schwarz van Berk (Hans Hansen) was greeted by Arab Editors: al-Shanti - 'Al-Difaa', and El Issa - 'Falastin' [فلسطين / الدفاع⁩⁩] Nazi Envoy Greeted By 2 Arab Editors, 17 December, 1937⁩. By Jewish Telegraphic Agency CAIRO —Franz von Berk, aide to Reich Propaganda Minister Goebbels, arrived here last week and was met by the editors of two Palestine Arab papers, Falastin and Adifaa. Dr. Goebbels is scheduled to visit Cairo next month.. . . The Quarterly Review. (1938). United Kingdom: John Murray. p. 208THE NAZI INTERNATIONAL THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST In the Near...

Ibrahim al-Shanti - Ad Difa (Difa'a / Difae الدفاع⁩⁩) - 1930s Ad Difa'a together with Falastin is considered the most prominent and important Arabic newspaper in the Land of Israel-"Palestine" at the time, and in a relatively short time the newspaper managed to reach a wider circulation than the older Falastin. In addition, Al-Difaa managed to attract a number of senior journalists, who wrote about internal Palestinian politics, pan-Arab and pan-Islamic politics as well as on a variety of social issues. The Islamist Ibrahim al-Shanti, together with two other journalists, Sami al-Sarraj and Khair al-Din al-Zarkhli, left the newspaper al-Jama'a...