FACT CHECK · IDENTITY & HISTORY
Claim: Palestinian leaders called the identity a political tool
TRUETHE ANSWER
Zuheir Mohsen, PLO as-Sa'iqa chief, told Trouw (31 Mar 1977) Arabs are one people and a separate Palestinian identity exists only for political, tactical reasons. He was a pro-Syrian Ba'athist.
SOURCE
Trouw, 31 Mar 1977, interview by James Dorsey (Dutch original, paraphrased)
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