The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 52)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 52)

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growing hostility towards the Western powers; and the
bombing of the United Nations Works and Relief headquarters
in Damascus for its endeavors to resettle the Palestinian
refugees in the Arab states. Plans for the assassination
Of King Abdullah and Prime Minister Nouri al-Sa'id, who
were held responsible for the defeat of the Arab armies
more than other leaders, never materialized.
All of the above ventures were agreed upon unanimously
by the Kata'ib leadership as legitimate targets within the
scope of the organization. However, by the summer of 1950
a struggle had developed within the organization concerning
the role of violence in the national struggle. Husayn Tawfiq,
Abdul Kader Amer and the other Egyptian terrorists who had
a history replete with various kinds of violence insisted
that the Arab masses were not ready for revolution and would
not be for years to come. "In these circumstances", they
figured, "the only appropriate and available means of struggle
is political violence." The other members of the group agreed
that the masses were not ready for revolution but refused to
rely completely on conspiratorial methods. Instead, they
wanted to raise the consciousness of the masses so as to take
their part in the struggle for their liberation. In fact,
they have resorted to violence only to dramatize the political
issues at stake. They sought to awaken the masses by setting
an heroic example. "We did not intend to replace the movement
of the masses by a handful of conspirators" insisted

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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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