The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 60)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 60)

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undermined the authority of the party leadership. Hence the
party failed to set an example of superior performance in
work and in the fulfillment of political tasks.
Finally, the Arab Nationalists were suspicious of the
personality cult practiced by the Ba'thists. They believed,
not incorrectly, that the glorification of any leader would
inevitably push the people and the party into the background.
The Arab Nationalists were also suspicious of Aflaq's attempt
to raise the Ba'th to the dignity of an end in itself.?9
They insisted that the party or any organization for that
matter should remain in the domain of ways and means.
Having observed the above drawbacks in the Ba'th,
the Arab Nationalists finally decided to form their own
independent organization. George Habash took the initiative
early in 1951 to propose to the members of the Executive
Committe of al-Urwah that a new nationalist organization he
set in secret and, that the Executive Committee of al-Urwah
be its nucleus. Everyone in the group responded favorably
34 They had all felt the need to establish
to the proposal.
a clandestine revolutionary organization to carry on the fight
outside and against the established order for the achievement
of the national objectives.
33 566 Michel Aflag, Fi Sabil al-Ba'th [Toward
Resurrection], (Beirut: Dar al-Tali'tah, 1959), p. 299.
34 ani al-Hindi who was then serving a prison term
for his activities in the Kata'ib joined the group upon
his release from prison in May 1951.

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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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