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London Conference

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February 1939

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Institute for Palestine Studies, Photograph Collection

A meeting at St. James's Palace between the British and Arab delegates to discuss the future governance of Palestine and an end of the Mandate. The Palestinian delegates are seated in the foreground; from left to right: Fuad Saba , Ya'qub Ghussein , Musa Alami , Amin Tamimi , Jamal al-Husseini , Awni Abd al-Hadi , George Antonius , and Alfred Roch . On either side of the Palestinian delegation are the other Arab delegations. Facing the Palestinians are the British, with Sir Neville Chamberlain , Prime Minister, presiding. To his right is Lord Halifax , Foreign Secretary, and to his left, Malcolm MacDonald , Colonial Secretary.

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