The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 71)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 71)

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The period was one of general restlessness and
confusion, punctuated by outbreaks of disturbance. In Iraq
the opposition parties that proved their mettle in the 1948
National uprising were growing in strength and threatening
the ancien régime. In Syria, the army which overthrew the
civilian government in 1949 was setting a fashion for
military intervention in ‘politics. In Egypt, anti-British
sentiment was intensified because of the failure to reach
an agreement on the withdrawal of British forces from
Egyptian soil, In Jordan, the Palestinians were getting
restless under the autocratic rule of the old King. The
whole area seemed unstable and the Arab people were
clamouring for change.
The Arab Nationalists who have in the meanwhile
built their hard core nucleus and succeeded in organizing
many underground cells mostly among the students of the
American University found the political climate especially
appealing for the organization of mass struggles in the
Fall of 1951. Working under the cover of al-Urwah the Arab
Nationalists organized a mass demonstration in support of
Egypt when that country's Parliament abrogated the 1936
Anglo-Egyptian treaty and called for the withdrawal of
British troops from the Canal Zone. As hundredsturned out
to take part in that unlawful demonstration which involved
serious clashes with the police, many members of the emerging
movement were arrested and several of its student leaders —
were dismissed from the University.

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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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