SHUKRe AL-OASALE, AN EXTRAORDINARY ANTI-ZIONIST ACTIVIST

• Authors: Beška Emanuel
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper deals with the anti-Zionist activities of Shukre al-oAsali in the last years before the First World War. In the autumn 1910 Shukre al-oAsali was behind the most vociferous campaign against Zionist purchases in the pre-WWI period. In his capacity as the qa'immaqam of abariya he took all possible measures to prevent the transfer of the lands of the village of al-Fula from Iliyas Sursuq to the Zionists. Even though eventually his efforts were not successful, his extensive publicizing of the case helped to spread awareness of the ongoing Zionist undertaking in Ottoman Palestine throughout Greater Syria and was one of the most significant reasons for growing anti-Zionism during that period. Following his election to the Ottoman parliament in January 1911, he continued to point his finger at Jewish immigration and land purchases. The most important act of his parliamentary career concerning Zionism was the speech he delivered in May 1911 along with two other Arab deputies.

Keywords

EN

AL-FULA; ANTI-ZIONISM; ANTI-ZIONIST ACTIVIST; GREATER SYRIA; LAND PURCHASES; PALESTINE; SHUKRE AL-OASALE

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Asian and African Studies
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 237-254
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Beška Emanuel

• Institute ofOriental Studies, Slovak Academy ofSciences Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• Emanuel Beska, Ustav orientalistiky SAV, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11SKAAAA093310