The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 88)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 88)

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The ANM participated in the elections which were held
in October 1956. Dr. George Habash and two other ANM candi-
dates ran for the elections on a platform calling for the
immediate abrogation of the Anglo-Jordanian Treaty and the
elimination of all traces of foreign influence in Jordan.
Their platform also called for total reform in economic and
social life. In their election campaigns, they concentrated
on the issue of Arab unity, which in their view was the
panacea for all ills and problems confronting the small
kingdom. 2
The ANM did not fare well in the elections, as far
as the results of the elections are concerned. But never-
theless, the occasion was a good opportunity to create new
relations with the masses and make special effort to build
up a grass root movement. This they did indeed demonstrate
in the forthcoming days when unexpectedly the King dismissed
the nationalist government of Sulaiman al-Nabulsi on
April 10, 1957. Following the King's coup the ANM took the
lead of the underground movement which stubbornly fought the
King and his government for many months. To begin with,
they participated in the national conference which was held
in Nablus on April 22, 1957. Dr. George Habash was elected
to the executive committee which included National
Socialists, Ba'thists and Communists. The conference called
12yabash, 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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