The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 43)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 43)

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It goes without saying that the Kata'ib was
influenced by many ideas propagated by Ahmed Husayn. But
whereas Ahmed Husayn emphasized the fatherland in terms
of Egypt, the Kata'ib was an Arab organization of wider
scope. To this extent the Kata'ib had a supra-national
dimension and pretension. In fact the Kata'ib recruited
among its members militants from Syria, Lebanon, Palestine,
Iraq and Egypt. t+
It is true that other influences entered into the
formation of the Kata'ib, in particular the retreat of the
"old Guard" nationalists parties and the increasing strength
of some militant parties whose ideologies were considered
prejudicial to the Arab cause by the Kata'ibists such as
the Syrian Social Nationalist Party and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Nevertheless, this was of little significance to the young
radicals who plunged into clandestine revolutionary groups
immediately after the defeat of 1948. It is this author's
assumption that none of the founding leaders of the Kata'ib
was concerned at the time with playing politics let alone
competing with existing parties. The Kata'ib was envizaged
by its founders as a sort of "pressure group" whose function
was to bring pressure on the ruling elite, by intimidation
if necessary, so as to reject any peace with the State of
Israel as a first step, and prepare for another Jawlah
[round] to liquidate that state,” They were convinced that
ll interview with George Habash, June 24, 1970.
12 nahi, loc. cit.

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party

تاريخ

1971-02-07

المنشئ

Basil R. Al-Kubaisi

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