Al-Karmil (newspaper): Difference between revisions

 

==Editorial policies==

===Anti-Zionism===

Writing of ''Al-Karmil'' and another early Palestinian newspaper, ''[[Filastin (newspaper)|Filastin]]'', [[Rashid Khalidi]] characterizes them as "instrumental in shaping early [[Palestinian nationalism|Palestinian national consciousness]] and in stirring opposition to Zionism."<ref name=Khalidip217n31>Khalidi, 1997, p. 217, n. 31.</ref> Khalidi contends that almost immediately after the publication of its first issue in December 1908, ''al-Karmil'' "became the primary vehicle of an extensive campaign against Zionist settlement in [[Palestine]]."<ref name=Khalidip124/>

 

==Relationship with the ruling authorities in Palestine==

===Ottoman rule===

In its early years, ''al-Karmil''′s editorial line reflected a positive approach toward the ruling imperial authorities, the [[Turkish people|Turkish]] [[Committee of Union and Progress]] (CUP), but by 1911, like most other [[pan-Arabism|pan-Arabist]] thinkers, it switched to opposing the CUP because of its perceived bias in favor of Zionism.<ref name=Khalidip126>Khalidi, 1997, p. 126.</ref> Among the contributing writers to ''al-Karmil'' were many who had participated in the [[Arab revolt]] of 1916, such as [[Druze]] intellectual Ali Nasir al-Din and educator and journalist Hamdi al-Husayni.<ref name=Firrop236>Firro, 2003, p. 236, n. 15.</ref><ref name=Matthewsp268>Matthews, 2006, p. 268.</ref>

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