Al-‘Asali, Shukri (1868-1916)
- Quotation from Shukri Al-‘Asali “After having taken possession of the land they will expel the inhabitants” — May 18 1911
Damascus Deputy in the Ottoman Parliament, Kaymakam (Governor) of Nazareth. - Quotation from Shukri Al-`Asali “They have begun setting up their political aims and establishing their imaginary government” — 1910
Damascus deputy in the Ottoman parliament, kaymakam (governor) of Nazareth, describes in the newspaper Al Karmil (Haifa) the mechanics of the state embryo placement, seven years before the Balfour declaration.