PALESTINE.

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Bayan al-ha'iyah al-'arabiah al-'ulia li-falastin, First edition of this report on the activities of the Arab Higher Commission for Palestine. Formerly the organization representing Palestinian interests during the British Mandate, it continued to operate, after the Nakba, from Cairo and Beirut, until the creation of the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1964.Its activities in the early 1950s focused on the consequences of the Nakba, the forced emigration of Arab Palestinians, and the arrival of the Israeli settlers, with chapters also devoted to Gaza. Several illustrations show images of Jerusalem at that time. The final tables provide financial details on expenditures for humanitarian and military aid, and for publications.

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