... the Palestinian people. The theft of land believed historically by Palestinians to be their true home gave the impetus for the uprising against the Israeli conquerors. Nasser's ideology based on Pan-Arabism had fallen by the way side after the crushing defeat by the Israelis, but what emerged was a new approach; gaining perpetual support by Arab neighbours, lead by an independent ... that their chief aim must be directed toward that of the liberation of Palestine. The liberation and autonomy of Palestine must be their primary focus, taking precedence over that of Pan-Arabism (the Nasser...

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... to a head when every possible communal group took out their hatreds on each of their enemy groups for fear of being lost in the power struggle. Once the Kurds and pan arabs were defeated by Qasim, he turned on the Communists and threw them in jail. The Baath party filled the gap and increased their power base. On October 1959, a Baath ... ...

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