The Rise And Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty
“But those who had cast their lot with Greater Syria were stunned to hear about the French army’s swift advance to the plain of Maysalun, northwest of Damascus, and the crushing defeat inflicted on Faysal’s small army. Now their political energy had to be diverted to building up a Palestinian national movement. The Arab Club preferred by the Husaynis and the Nashashibis’ favorite, the Literary Club, were replaced by the Muslim-Christian Association.1The fall of Faysal was not the worst setback t...o contend with – harder still was the British government’s hostility to the demands of the new national association. The government refused to recognize the executive committee of the third Palestinian Congress as a representative body. Yet it treated the Jewish leadership with sympathy, and the pro-Zionist High Commissioner Sir Herbert Samuel dealt with it as though it were a quasi-government. Though the High Commissioner’s advisers persuaded him to maintain working relations with the Palestinian executive, this was not enough to bridge the gap, which would grow wider through the years of the mandate.Despite the drama of the British conquest, the family had a sense of unity and continuity.MoreLess
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