Abdelqader Al-Husseini (Abou Moussa) in battle dress, as Commander of “Al-Jihad Al-Moqaddas” (Holy Struggle). Poster printed and distributed following his death at the battle of Qastal in 1948.
In as much as the Jews consider the return to Zion, or Aliya in Hebrew, i.e. the takeover of Palestine, as a holy duty, or mitzvah, the Palestinians considered that defending themselves and their country Palestine against the invaders to have also been a holy duty, or Jihad in Arabic.
Photograph reported to have been taken by Gulliger (?) of the British Daily Mail(?)
