A Letter from Elyas Kusa to Samuel Leibowitz, August 1957

Printed in English, this document features a letter from Elyas Kusa to Samuel Leibowitz an American Lawyer, sent on 3 August 1957, responding to his request in regard to Palestinians refuting the allegation made in the United Nations by the Egyptian delegation stating that the state of Israel is a slavery type of a state against Palestinians in the 1948 Occupied Palestinian Territories.  Kusa, in his letter, denies this allegation and confirms that Israel oppresses the Palestinians but at the same time it is not a slavery type of a state, he also points out that Faras Hamdan; serving as an Arabic member in the Knesset agreed on the statement delivered by the Egyptian delegation, confirming that Hamdan is affiliated to Mapai's political party describing him as a tool in the hands of the Israeli government.