The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 67)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 67)

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single influence. exerted by any "outsider" on the political
development of the movement in its infancy stage. In
Naser al-Din the Arab Nationalists saw a man of high intel-
lectual honesty and intense moral austerity who practiced
what he preached with effortless consistence and with the
serenity of disinterested conviction. His preoccupation
with the Arab cause in general and the Palestinian problem
in particular made him their favorite politician. They
listened to him earnestly and longed for his advice. In
fact, this author is led to assume, on the basis of mounting
evidence, that Naser al-Din acted as the "spiritual guide"
to the Arab Nationalists in the early 1950's. It is
believed that he incited the Arab Nationalists in those
early years to support and endorse any plan for Arab unity
irrespective of the forces working for such plans.
Following Naser al-Din's counsel the Arab Nationalists
did not object to the British sponsored "Greater Syria" and
the "Fertile Crescent" plans on the assumption that should
such plans materialize they would hasten the elimination of
foreign influence by creating a formidable Arab state! 7°
It is also believed that Naser al-Din was the original
initiator of the movement's sponsored campaign to boycott
46566 Akram Zu'ayter, "Fi Mawdou' al-Ittihad"
[About the Unification Question], a series of articles
published in al-Ra'i, April 26, May 17 and May 24, 1954.

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

تاريخ

1971-02-07

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Basil R. Al-Kubaisi

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