From what I could make of it there was not a man who did not advocate putting the whole of Palestine to the sword forthwith.

But it was noticeable that when their turns came to stand up and address the mejlis their advocacy was considerably toned down.

Everybody seemed to want somebody else to father the proposal for a raid, although every man pretended to be anxious to take part in one.
Old Anazeh on my right sat in grim silence, quizzing each talker in turn with puckered eyes.

The only comment he made was a sort of internal rumbling, suggestive of the preliminary notice of an earthquake.
At the end of ten minutes Sheikh Ali Shah al Khassib brought proceedings a step forward by calling for confirmation of the news of unrest in Palestine.

Man after man got up, and, since he was speaking of others, not of himself, painted the discontent of the Palestinians in lurid terms.