`Abd-Karim Al-Khalil

On August 1913, `Abdul-Karim Al-Khalil (an early proponent of Arab nationalism) stood before the Sublime Porte and spoke about Palestine and the conspiracy and the selling of lands there.  I read about that account in As`ad Daghir's Mudhakkirati `ala Hamish Al-Qadiyyah Al-`Arabiyyah (this old book should have been translated a long time ago).  By the way, Al-Khalil was later executed by the Turks.