The Mufti's Shadow: Jerusalem’s Hidden Power Broker

While previous episodes have traced the administrative maps of the Sanjak of Jerusalem and the military maneuvers of the 1948 war, this episode turns its lens to the man who held the moral and political compass of Arab Palestine for two decades: Haj Amin al-Husseini. We explore how the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem transformed from a religious figure into a formidable political operator during the British Mandate, leveraging the Waqf and his network of notables to challenge both Zionist settlement and British authority. The conversation examines his controversial alliance with Nazi Germany in the late 1930s, the formation of the Arab Higher Committee, and his lasting impact on the fragmentation of Palestinian leadership that persisted long after the Nakba. Through the stories of his rivals like the Nashashibi family and his complex relationship with the sublim Porte’s legacy, we uncover how one man’s ambition helped shape the enduring struggle for identity and land in the region.

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