Issa El-Issa

Issa Daoud El-Issa ( , 1878-1950) was born in Jaffa , Palestine . As a prominent poet and journalist in Ottoman Palestine he founded the newspaper Filastin with his cousin Joseph. This bi-weekly newspaper was one of the most prominent and long running in the country at the time, it was dedicated to Arab Nationalism and the cause of the Arab Orthodox in their struggle with the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem. He was passionately opposed to Zionism and Jewish immigration. Exiled during World War I , he became chief of the royal court in Damascus during Amir Faisal 's government where he used to stipulate that the Damascus newspaper publishers devote half the columns of their papers to the Palestinian cause before giving them their monthly allowance. He was elected to the 7th Congress of the Arab Executive Committee in June 1928 for Jaffa . He became a member of the oppositional National Defense Party (mu'arada faction) in the Arab Executive Committee in 1932; known as moderate politician he headed several Arab Christian-Orthodox conferences in Palestine and Transjordan . His son Raja El-Issa continued to publish the newspaper. Issa died on 29 June 1950 in Beirut .

Issa Daoud al-Issa ( ) was a Palestinian poet and journalist. With his cousin Youssef al-Issa , he founded and edited the biweekly newspaper Filastin in 1911, based in his hometown of Jaffa . Filastin became one of the most prominent and long running in the country at the time, was dedicated to Arab Nationalism and the cause of the Arab Orthodox in their struggle with the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem. He was passionately opposed to Zionism and Jewish immigration to Palestine . Exiled during World War I , al-Issa became chief of the royal court in Damascus during King Faisal 's government. During that time, he required the publishers of Damascus-based newspapers to dedicate half of their newspaper columns to the Palestinian cause as perquisite to receiving their monthly salaries. Al-Issa was elected to the 7th Congress of the Arab Executive Committee (AEC) in June 1928 as a representative of Jaffa. During his time on the committee, he joined the National Defense Party , the opposition to Hajj Amin al-Husayni 's sympathizers on the AEC. Al-Issa hosted several Arab Christian-Orthodox conferences in Mandatory Palestine and Transjordan . His son Raja al-Issa succeeded him as the publisher of Filastin . On 29 June 1950, al-Issa died in Beirut , Lebanon .

Issa Daoud El-Issa ( , his surname also spelt al Issa and Elissa ) was a Palestinian Christian poet and journalist. With his cousin Yousef El-Issa , he founded and edited the biweekly newspaper Filastin in 1911, based in his hometown of Jaffa . Filastin became one of the most prominent and long running in the country at the time, and was dedicated to the cause of the Arab Orthodox in their struggle with the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem. The newspaper was the country's fiercest and most consistent critic of the Zionist movement, denouncing it as a threat to Palestine's Arab population. It helped shape Palestinian identity and was shut down several times by the Ottoman and British authorities, most of the time due to complaints made by Zionists. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

Palestinian journalist (1878–1950) Issa Daoud El-Issa ( Arabic : عيسى داود العيسى , his surname also spelt al Issa and Elissa ; 1878 – 29 June 1950) was a Palestinian poet and journalist. With his cousin Yousef El-Issa , he founded and edited the biweekly newspaper Falastin in 1911, based in his hometown of Jaffa . Falastin became one of the most prominent and long running in the country at the time, and was dedicated to the cause of the Arab Orthodox Movement in struggle with the Greek clergy of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem . The newspaper was the country's fiercest and most consistent critic of the Zionist movement, denouncing it as a threat to Palestine's Arab population. It helped shape Palestinian identity and was shut down several times by the Ottoman and British authorities. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).