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Ragheb Nashashibi reading the address of welcome to the first High Commissioner, Sir Herbert Samuel, in 1920. A leading member of a powerful Jerusalem family which played an important part in politics throughout the mandate, Nashashibi presented the section of Palestinian society which, while rejecting Zionism, generally wanted to find a modus vivendi with the British.

Source: PTS

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Legend for external sources and captions:

  • BTD: Before Their Diaspora, Institute for Palestine Studies, 1984.
  • PTS: Palestinians and their Society, Quartet, 1980.
  • PD-FK: Palestine Diary, Victor Gollancz, 1938.
  • COS: City of Stone, University of California Press, 1996
  • GM-ZE: The Grand Mufti, Cass, 1993.
  • J-TI: Jerusalem, Ivan R. Dee, 1991.

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