It has been written here by CarolC that the Zionist, Herbert Samuel, appointed al-Husseini as Grand Mufti of Jerusalem against the wishes of the Arab populace. We are to infer from this that the Mufti's appointment was a Zionist plot which controls Palestinians' destiny to this very minute, just one of a continuing number of such plots.

Well, not exactly! In the years immediately following WWI, Mr. al-Husseini, was fomenting riots in Palestine against Jews and the British mandate, and was a wanted man (by the British) in exile in 1920. Because the British wanted to appease the Arab population amongst whom he was, indeed, popular, al-Husseni was granted amnesty in 1921, and was appointed to be Grand Mufti by Samuel who was the British High Commissioner for Palestine. Commissioner Samuel was acting in his government position for the benefit of Great Britain and the Mandate, not as a Zionist (although he was personally a Zionist.)

Al-Husseini used his position to continue fomenting anti-Jewish riots and other mischief, and was deposed by the British in 1936. From there he went to Nazi Germany to aid in anti-Jewish activities, and eventually lived out his long life in Lebanon; he died there in 1974.

Grand plot? I don't think so.