ADMIN JUNE 26, 2026 UNCATEGORIZED 0 COMMENTS
I see that you read this diary with the Thursday, June 18, 2026, and that you should read as well with the day of 22, Monday, June 22, 2026, and to the conversation that took place between me and the friend Abdullah Hamouda and referred to in the last part of this journal, about the testimonies of Palestinians before the committee, and about the omission of important testimonies for other Palestinians and distinctive roles for the Palestinians who prepared the studies and documents on which the Palestinians who appeared before the committee and gave their testimonies before it. Abdullah felt that it is important to highlight the contributions of these Palestinians to complete the picture with the reader and the interested researcher, as these diaries deal with an aspect of our contemporary history that has not received its sufficient right to research and investigation.
Before we indulge in dealing with the testimonies and/or roles of other Palestinian national activities from the sons of that stage, I would like to point out that the Chat GPT on June 18, 2026, the testimony of Albert Hourani and its gave it provided a special weight from the rest of the testimonies of witnesses and this was as follows:
“Hawrani is the most intellectually organized Arab witness. He represented the “Arab Bureau” and not the Arab Higher Commission directly. He was envied
In order to make it easier for the reader to link the information contained in the journal with each other, and to achieve the greatest degree of awareness, I saw that I should start this journal by sending an investigative question to Chat GPT about the “High Arab Commission” and the “Arab Office”, which are the two bodies that were referred to on June 18, 2026, and in this regard, I received the following:
About the Arab Supreme Commission for Palestine: Jamal Al-Husseini, Emil Al-Ghury, Ahmed Al-Shaqiri, Awni Abdul Hadi, Anton Atallah, Ezzat Tanous, Ahmed Helmy Abdul Baki, Hussein Fakhri Al-Khaldi, Sami Taha, Youssef Heikal and others emerged in its close leadership circles during 1945 and 1946.
The beginning of the quotation:
“1. Higher Arab Commission
It is the official Palestinian political leadership recognized by the League of Arab States (which was founded on March 22, 1945) after World War II (which ended its activities in Europe on May 8, 1945 – Victory Day).
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The Commission replaced the “Supreme Arab Committee for Palestine”, which was founded in April 1936 from leading Palestinian parties and figures and led the activities of the Great Palestinian Revolution during the period between 1936 and 1939 against the British occupation / mandate and the Zionist project in Palestine.
As for the “Arab Office”, its position was in the city of Jerusalem. It was led by Moussa Al-Alami, Albert Hourani and Cecil Hourani, and undertook the task of preparing legal and economic studies and memos on which Palestinian witnesses who testified before the committee were based, as well as preparing responses to the Zionist documents submitted to the committee. And about this office, I got the following from “Chat GPT”:
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“The ‘Arab Office’ was not the ‘Supreme Arab Commission’ itself, and it was not an official body affiliated with the League of Arab States, but it was a political, media and diplomatic organ established as a basis for fighting the political and intellectual battle in front of British and American public opinion, and before the Anglo-American Committee in particular.”
“Moussa Al-Alami was the central figure behind its establishment and management. Most studies show that the office was created during 1945 in preparation for confronting intense Zionist activity in London and Washington and before the committee’s arrival in Palestine. He was envied
Who founded it (i.e. the Arab Office)?
The actual founder was Musa Al-Alami.
He gathered around him an exceptional team of intellectuals and young politicians, including: Albert Hourani, Cecil Hourani, Ahmed Al-Shaqiri, Wasfi Al-Tal and Burhan Al-Dajani
The aim was to prepare a professional Palestinian file in English facing the studies and documents provided by the Jewish Agency and the Zionist movement.”
What is its relationship (i.e. the Arab Office) with the Arab Higher Commission?
The relationship was complicated.
The ‘Supreme Arab Commission’ was the official Palestinian political body that the League of Arab States reconstituted in 1945. Ahmed Al-Shaqiri, Emil Al-Ghoury, Anton Atallah and Ezzat Tanus were members of it.
The Arab Office was a relatively parallel apparatus, more specialized and professional and less subject to Palestinian party differences.
For this reason, tensions have emerged between Musa Al-Alami and some leaders of the ‘Higher Arab Commission’, especially with the return of Hajj Amin Al-Husseini to influence the Palestinian decision from Cairo.”
What is its relationship (i.e. the Arab Office) to the League of Arab States?
His relationship is close but indirect.
When the League of Arab States was founded in 1945, it adopted the Palestinian cause, and it was considered to establish Arab offices in Jerusalem, London and Washington to influence Western public opinion.”
Some sources indicate that the university allocated a large budget for the project at the beginning, and that there was talk of funding about nearly two million dollars at that time.
But the actual implementation was disturbed by the Arab-Palestinian differences.”
Who was funding the (Arab) office?
Here we find an important paradox. It was expected to be funded by the Arab League.
But subsequent testimonies indicate that the money he promised did not arrive regularly, and that Iraq was the Arab country most prepared for funding, especially because of Musa Al-Alami’s close relationship with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Saeed. He was envied
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And about “Musa Al-Alami”, I came from “Chat GPT” the following:
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“Why was Musa Al-Alami so important?
Because the scientist realized a problem that most Arab politicians were not aware of at the time.
While the Arab discourse was often based on:
Historical right.
National passion.
Al-Alami was convinced that the real battle against the British and Americans needed:
Legal language.
Figures and statistics.
Economic studies.
Maps.
Documents in English.
“That is why Albert Hourani recruited a number of young intellectuals to formulate the Palestinian file in a way that Westerners understand. He was envied
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Regarding the success of the Arab Office in achieving its goals, I received the following from Chat GPT:
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“Has the Arab Office succeeded?
The complex answer is:
Intellectually successful and politically failed.
He succeeded because he produced the strongest Arab presentation presented before the committee, especially the testimony of Albert Hourani.
But the committee (i.e. the English-American Commission of Inquiry) “nevertheless ended up recommending to accept 100,000 Jewish immigrants to Palestine.”
“That is, the quality of the Arab file could not overcome:
The impact of the Holocaust on Western public opinion.
Zionist political influence in Washington and London.
Arab and Palestinian divisions. He was envied
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Regarding the role of “Mohammed Ezzat Darwaza”, we found in our hands the following:
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“If we want to determine who formulated the official Palestinian position before the Anglo-American Committee in 1946, the closest picture of reality is:
Intellectual circle: Muhammad Ezzat Darwaza, Musa Al-Alami and Albert Hourani.
Political Department: Jamal Al-Husseini, Ahmed Al-Shaqiri, Awni Abdul Hadi and Ahmed Helmy Abdul Baki
Regulatory Department: Emil Al-Ghoury, Anton Atallah and Ezzat Tanous
Military, national and field department: Abdul Qader Al-Husseini and Bahgat Abu Gharbia.
Through this formation, it is possible to understand how the Palestinian position was formed in the last years before the Nakba, and why it appeared strong intellectually and politically in documents and memos, but it faced great difficulties when the conflict moved from the halls of international commissions to the field of war in 1947–1948.
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And who was closer to the “strategic mind” of the Arab file?, a question raised by “Chat GPT” and answered it as follows:
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If we want to map the Arab work of 1945–1946, the picture looks like this:
Musa Al-Alami: The Organized Mind.
Albert Hourani: The Intellectual Mind.
Ahmed Al-Shaqiri: Lawyer and international speaker.
Jamal Al-Husseini: The Official Political Leader.
AWNI ABDUL HADI: LEGAL HISTORIAN OF THE CASE.
This division is clearly reflected in the documents available for the Committee.
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And about “Why did the Arab file fail despite its strength?”, which is also a question raised by “Chat GPT” and answered it as follows:
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This is one of the most exciting questions.
When you read the testimonies: Albert Hourani, Jamal Al-Husseini and Ahmed Al-Shaqiri
Then you read the recommendations of the committee (the Anglo-American Commission of Inquiry on the Problems of the Jews of Europe and Palestine) later, noting that the Arabic argument was logically and legally strong.
But the committee was not working in a vacuum.
There were two huge factors:
- The Holocaust (Holocaust)
Committee members visited survivor camps in Europe before arriving in Palestine.
Many of them arrived in advance convinced that the international community owes Jews an urgent solution. This has a profound impact on the debates.
- Zionist Organizational Superiority
The Jewish Agency for Palestine had networks: finance, media, pressure offices, experts and studies
London, Washington and New York for decades.
While the Arab office was a relatively recent project.”
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As for the testimony of Ahmed Al-Shaqiri before the committee, who was one of the four main witnesses whom the committee met and testified before it, Chat GPT was unable to reach a full text of his testimony, and this was expressed as follows:
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“We know from the published documents that Ahmed Al-Shaqiri was one of the four main Arabs who presented official testimonies before the committee (along with Jamal Al-Husseini, Awni Abdul Hadi and Albert Hourani).
Through the references contained in the studies that relied on the original minutes, his testimony on March 25, 1946 revolved around four main axes:
The right of self-determination of the Arab majority in Palestine.
He refused to turn Palestine into a Jewish state.
Palestinians refused to load the results of European persecution of Jews.
The warning that the imposition of the Jewish state project will lead to permanent conflict in the region.
From references to the text of his testimony, it seems that Al-Shaqiri focused more than Hawrani on the legal and constitutional arguments related to the majority of the population and political representation.
But the full text of his testimony does not appear available for free in the open sources he was able to access, other than the full Hourani testimony, which was later published. He was envied
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As for Emile Ghori, who was one of the main bads in the Higher Arab Commission, Chat GBI reported that Al-Ghouri had already given testimony before the committee, and stated in this regard the following:
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An important discovery about Emile Al-Ghoury
During the research, it appeared that there was an archival material published entitled:
“Emil Al-Ghoury’s testimony before the Anglo-American Committee” is one of the materials collected by an Israeli-Palestinian archival project. This confirms that Al-Ghouri gave an official testimony or statement to the committee, not just written briefs.
But the full available text is published in Hebrew in that archive, and is not available in an open and easy-to-extract form in Arabic or English.
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This prompted me to send the following message on WhatsApp to my friend “Emile Guri”, the grandson, a suspicious organic activist and a resident of Amman:
“Emil
How are you, my friend?
I sent you again on Thursday, June 18, 2026, in which the testimonies of Palestinian leaders and personalities who were met by the “English and American Commission of Inquiry on the problems of the Jews of Europe and Palestine” in March 1946, including Emile Guri… But Chat GPT says that she could not reach his testimony before the committee,…
My question:
Can the testimony of the grandfather’s Emil Gory be with you or the family between his papers, or is it
Written in his memoirs or in one of the books he published?
I’m interested in getting it and a copy of his books, my friend, if possible..?!
With all greetings and appreciation
Abdulrahman Al-Bitar”
I will be content in this daily with this amount of information.
And the rest of the talk
Abdulrahman Al-Bitar
Amman 26 June 2026