New Britain herald., 1930-06-26
Says Agricultural Land Is Being Taken From Mos lens to Assist Zionist Cause.

Jerusalem. June 26 (UP)-His Eminence, Haj Mohammed Anim Fl Husseini, grand multi and president Of the supreme Moslem council and foremost religious and temporal leader of Palestine Arabs, granted an interview 10 the United Press yes terday regarding the Arabs view point on the political and religious situation existing with the failure of the recent London conference
 The grand Mufti a descendant of Nohammed, is under 40 years of age. the youngest multi ever to hold he office that has been in his fam fly i50 years. He received the Unit cd Press correspondent in an office overlooking the site of Solomon's temple. now occupied by the Mosque of Omar which was built in G91 A.. D., and is the second most sacred place in Islam.
 IL was on that spot that tradition says Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac on a bare, outcropping rock. and from that rock Mohammed as cended to heaven.
 The multi. clad in shiny black robe and high red fez, swathed in white silk, spoke in haltinG English
 The interview was conducted through an interpreter while thick black coffee and Turkish cigarettes were served. The multi sat gravely stroking his short sandy beard dur ing the interview.
 The Arabs attitude is exactly the same as before the London confer ence," he said We reaffirm un- ceasingly that We are seeking just rights for safeguarding our national existence.
 We demand fulfllmont Of the clear promises Great Britain gave the Arabs in 1915 regarding the in- dependence Of Arab territories. in- cluding Palestine. The principal grievances at present are:
 First. that agricultural land is being acquired in increasing quan- titles by the Jews, leaving the Arabs homeless or with restricted lands
 Second, the abnormal Jewish i'm migration, which is causing wide spread unemployment and has in- troduces Bolsheyik clements into the country.
 Third, the system adopted by the government in which the Arabs have no share and no representation.
 Fourth, the heavy taxation which the country cannot bear.
 Fifth, the financial crises which we believe are the result of the man date establishing Palestine as the Jewish national home. The mandate was imposed against the Arabs will and it is prejudicial to their exist ence and not in harmony with the spirit of the League of Nations cove nant.
 Sixth, the general lines of the governmental policy has been deep ly influenced by the Jews, and as result this policy is the cause Of gradual annihiiation of the Arab people in Palestine,
 In my opinion. there is no way 10 reconcile the divergences between Arabs and Zionists, because the <-lvltlHiH N"I4L fL Itdtlbldl IOIilt III ne Arabs country, a country which has belonged 10 the Arabs for more than 3 centuries. It can only be a na- tional home for one people, and that is the Arab people.
 The only way is for the Zionis's 10 understand the .undeniabIe fact that the country is Arab and shall remain so forever. The idea of a Jewish national home in Palestine is absolutely impraCticable, and natur- ally will lead 10 more enmity and bitterness. To abandon that idea is the essential for a reconciliation. The Jews then could live peacefully, as they have done for centuries They must also accept a parliamentary government in which they may be represented in proportion to their numbers. The Arabs aspiration is for a national government respon- ible 10 parliament.