Emil Ghuri, a Palestinian Christian, was Secretary of the Arab Higher Committee, the official leadership of the Arabs in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Arab American Political Action Committee was created in 1998.

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee was created in 1980.

United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee was created in 1979.

The Arabs wanted a unitary independent Arab State to be created called Palestine and would refuse the creation of any Jewish State in the region.