From 1920s-1950s, many Arabs emphasized that “Palestinians” played a key role in the pre-WWI Arab literary & cultural movements, Faysal’s army & the Syrian Arab Congress.
See screenshot for a list of Arab sources, w/ page numbers, referencing 'Palestinians' in this context:
Other Palestinian writers were keen to emphasize from the 1920s-1930s that “non-Palestinian” or “Syrian” families, especially the Sarsuqs, sold “Palestinian land” to Zionists in the 1930s:
1. Constantine Thuyudri (1928) wrote a novel in focusing on an “Egyptian and Palestinian author.”
2. Muhammad ‘Ali Tahir (1948): "some believed that Palestine was not the exclusive property of the Arab Palestinians, but rather the entire Arab World."
See screenshot for sources
1. Jamal Husayni (1946): if the Arab states failed to defend Palestine, “non-Palestinian Arab blood” would flood the valleys & plains of every country in the region.
2. Fayiz Sayigh (1946): “the Palestinians” had rejected the Balfour Declaration along w the other Arab peoples
Musa al-‘Alami [‘Ibrat Filastin (Beirut: n.p., 1949), 5] argued that during the first phase of the battle for Palestine in 1948, "the Palestinians" were responsible for defending Palestine, while in the second phase, the Arab armies were.
‘Arif al-‘Arif [Tarikh al-Quds (Cairo: Dar al-Ma‘arif, 1951), 128] wrote that the Turks executed many heroes during the Great War, including four ‘Palestinians.’
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