P F Tinmore, et al,
Obviously NO! ----
(COMMENT)Was either Faisal or Weizmann Palestinian?
But there again, neither Faisal or Weizmann where officers of Opposition Forces to the Allied Powers in WWI and WWII.
The Arab League was born on 22 March 1945, and the Arab Higher Committee (AHC) were not exclusively "Palestinian" either. The AHC was the Principle organ of the Arab community of territroy under the Mandate for Palestine. The AHC was not established on UNTIL April 1936, by Haj Amin al-Husayni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, a former Ottoman Combat Arms Officer, and instigator of the 1929 Riots. There was no Palestine organization, or a cooperative leader in the Arab community in the region of Palestine. Even the AHC turned out to be belligerent.
In fact, in 1919, when HRH Prince Faisal and Chairman Weizmann made the agreement, the designation of Palestine was not yet defined. Palestine, within such boundaries as may be determined by the Principal Allied Powers, was not fully delineated until the Franco-British Boundary Commission concluded its survey and the Paulet-Newcombe Line was adopted in 1923. Three attempts between 1920 and 1923, were made to establish an institution for the Arab population of Palestine similar to the Jewish Agency; but to no avail. AND, it was not until the Treaty of Alliance between the UK and Trans-Jordan (AKA: Treaty of London, 22 March 1946), that the sovereignty and independence of the Arab State of Transjordan, to be known as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which establish was was to become the formal Eastern boundary of the territory subject to the Mandate of Palestine; but excluding Trans-Jordan. (The exceptions and clarification being: 1) Between 1928 and 1946, a series of successive British-Transjordanian treaties gradually led to full independence for Transjordan in 1946. 2) The Jordan - Saudi Arabia Boundary which was re-delimited as a result of a bilateral agreement signed on August 10, 1965.)
Sorry, you can't use that as a legitimate argument. The foremost respected and prominent Arab Leader of the Region was HRH Prince Faisal. And even those that were indigenous regional Arabs, did not want to establish self-governing institutions.
Most Respectfully,
RThree attempts between 1920 and 1923, were made to establish an institution for the Arab population of Palestine similar to the Jewish Agency; but to no avail.
Why would they want an organization that would be the little sister of an organization they viewed as foreign and illegitimate? That would just add legitimacy to that foreign organization.
And look were it got them, what are the odds if they could go back in time that they would make the right decision. Remember it was not arab muslim land, but LoN land and as such the LoN had full sovereign control and could do as they wanted with the land. The arab muslims thought that they had the upper hand but found out very quickly they didn't.
Talking about foreign organisations what did the APG do for the Palestinians from its seat in Cairo ?