The Lebanese Stand In the Arab League Towards the Palestine Issue 1945-1948

Abstract

The Palestinian question drew the attention of the Arab League establish on March 22, 1945 in which protocols Palestine occupies and essential part, besides its pact which contains a special appendix for Palestine where the historical right of independence of Palestine was emphasized and Lebanon being a founding member of the Arab league, which endeavored to help in the achieving of the goals of the league and has an important role in all the sessions of the political committee of the league. Lebanon rejected the Jewish immigration to Palestine and also rejected the establishment of a national state for the Jews in Palestine. It also rejected the report issued by the Anglo- American committee on Jewish immigration. Lebanon took part in tow conferences Anshas and Bludan in 1946 on the Palestine issue, where the halting of the Jewish immigration was stressed and prohibiting the transfer of the Palestinian land to Jews. Lebanon did its best in the courtrooms of the league in opposing the international separation law issued in 1947. In 1948 the Lebanese delegation requested the rejection of the truce with Israel and supporting the Palestinian resistance by money and weapon and establishing a unified independent Arab state in Palestine.

Keywords

The, Palestine, Issue