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The British Mandate in Palestine The British Mandate over Palestine began just 100 years ago, in July 1920, when Sir Herbert Samuel, the first British High Commissioner to Palestine, took his seat at Government House, Jerusalem. The chapters here analyse a wide cross-section of the conflicting issues – social, political and strategical – that attended British colonial rule over the country, from 1920 to 1948. This anthology contains contributions by several of the most respected Israeli scholars in the field – Arab, Druze and Jewish. It is divided into three sections, covering the differing perspectives of the main ‘actors’ in the ‘Pales- tine Triangle’:theBritish,theArabs and theZionists.The concluding chapter identifies a pattern of seven counterproductive negotiating behaviours that explain the repeated failure of the parties to agree upon any of the proposals for an Arab-Zionist peace in Mandated Palestine. The volume is a modern review of the British Mandate in Palestine from different perspectives, which makes it a valuable addition to the field. It is a key resource for students and scholars interested in international relations, history of the Middle East, Palestine and Israel. Michael J Cohen is Emeritus Professor of History at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Among his key publications are Churchill and the Jews; Truman and Israel; Fighting World War Three from the Middle East: Allied Contingency Plans, 1945–1954; Strategy and Politics in the Middle East: Defending the Northern Tier; and Britain’s Moment in Palestine: Retrospect and Perspec- tives, 1917–1948. Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History Theregion’shistoryfromtheearliesttimestothepresentiscateredforbythis series made up of the very latest research. Books include political, social, cultural, religious and economic history. 16. The Druze Community and the Lebanese State Between Confrontation and Reconciliation Yusri Hazran 17. The Secret Anglo-French War in the Middle East Intelligence and Decolonization, 1940–1948 Meir Zamir 18. Histories of the Jews of Egypt An Imagined Bourgeoisie Dario Miccoli 19. The Empress Nurbanu and Ottoman Politics in the Sixteenth Century Building the Atik Valide Pinar Kayaalp 20. Britain and the Arab Gulf after Empire Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, 1971–1981 Simon C. Smith 21. Hebrew Popular Journalism Birth and Development in Ottoman Palestine Ouzi Elyada 22. The British Mandate in Palestine ACentenary Volume, 1920–2020 Edited by Michael J Cohen For a full list of titles, please visit: www.routledge.com/middleeaststudies/ series/SE0811 The British Mandate in Palestine – A Centenary Volume, 1920 2020 Edited by Michael J Cohen With a foreword by Professor Sari Nusseibeh Firstpublished2020 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RN andbyRoutledge 52VanderbiltAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©2020selectionandeditorialmatter,MichaelJCohen;individualchapters, thecontributors TherightofMichaelJCohentobeidentifiedastheauthoroftheeditorial material,andoftheauthorsfortheirindividualchapters,hasbeenasserted inaccordancewithsections77and78oftheCopyright,Designsand PatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedor utilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,now knownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orin anyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwriting fromthepublishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybetrademarksor registeredtrademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationandexplanation withoutintenttoinfringe. BritishLibraryCataloguing-in-PublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Acatalogrecordhasbeenrequestedforthisbook ISBN:978-0-367-13343-6(hbk) ISBN:978-0-429-02603-4(ebk) TypesetinTimesNewRoman byTaylor&FrancisBooks For Natalie, my beloved daughter. Nietzsche was so right! Contents List of tables x List of contributors xi List of abbreviations xiv Foreword by Professor Sari Nusseibeh xv Editor’s introduction 1 MICHAELJCOHEN PARTI British perspectives 11 1 Colonial intrigue in the Middle East: The Faysal – [Lawrence] – Weizmann Agreement, January 1919 13 MICHAELJCOHEN 2 The anti-Zionist ‘Jewish Khazar’syndrome in the official British mind 29 RORYMILLER 3 Churchill and Bevin: Thesis and anti-thesis? 45 MICHAELJCOHEN PARTII Arab perspectives 63 4 Between local Palestinian and pan-Arab nationalism among Palestinians during the British mandate: Akram Zuʿayter as an example 65 MUSTAFAKABHA viii Contents 5 The Palestinian political parties and local self-governance during the British Mandate: Democracy and the clan 83 RAMIZEEDAN 6 The rise and fall of the Palestinian Arab middle class 102 ITAMARRADAI 7 Difference, not fragmentation: Christians and Druze in Mandatory Palestine 119 YUSRIKHAIZRAN 8 A troubled bond: The Palestinian-Arab national movement and the Arab states 136 AVRAHAMSELA PARTIII Zionist perspectives 155 9 Zionism as ablessing to the Arabs: Historyof an argument 157 HILLELCOHEN 10 Jewish immigration: The base of the Palestine triangle 172 AVIVAHALAMISH 11 Zionist land acquisition: A core element in establishing Israel 189 KENNETHW.STEIN 12 The origins of militant Zionism during the British Mandate 205 COLINSHINDLER 13 Is Zionism colonialism? 221 YOAVGELBER 14 Chaim Weizmann: From the Balfour Declaration to the establishment of the state of Israel. 235 JEHUDAREINHARZANDMOTTIGOLANI 15 David Ben-Gurion’s ‘road map’to independence, May 1948 252 TUVIAFRILING Contents ix PARTIV Conclusion 267 16 Arab-Zionist negotiations during the Mandate: An unbridgeable divide 269 LAURAZITTRAINEISENBERGANDNEILCAPLAN Select bibliography of English sources 285 Index 287

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