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ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

Volume 15

ZIONISM AND THE ARABS 19361939

Zionism and the Arabs 1936-1939

Ian Black

First published in 1986

This edition first published in 2015

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1986 Ian Black

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ISBN: 978-1-138-89267-5 (Set) eISBN: 978-1-315-69513-6 (Set) ISBN: 978-1-138-90635-8 (Volume 15) eISBN: 978-1-315-69535-8 (Volume 15)

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ZIONISM AND THE ARABS 1936-1939

Ian Black

Copyright 1986 by Ian Black
All rights reserved

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Black, Ian, 1953
Zionism and the Arabs, 1936-1939.

(Outstanding theses from the London School of
Economics and Political Science)

Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of London, 1978.
Bibliography: p.

1. Jewish-Arab relations-1917-1949. 2. Zionism
Palestine-History. 3. Palestine-History-Arab
rebellion, 1936-1939. I. Title. II. Series.
DS119.7.B576 1986 956.94'001 86-12138
ISBN 0-8240-1911-3

All volumes in this series are printed
on acid-free, 250-year-life paper.

Printed in the United States of America

ZIONISM AND THE ARABS, 1936-1939
Ian Black

Thesis submitted for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
University of London
1978

Another foray into fields as well-ploughed as Zionism and the Palestine conflict requires some explanation and definition. This work is not a history of the Palestine disturbances of 1936-1939 nor of the Zionist movement in those years, nor of the Palestinian Arabs and the Arab national movement.

What I have attempted to do, by the description of several related issues and events during the period, and sometimes back tracking slightly for the sake of continuity, is to show how the Zionists related to the Arabs of Palestine and of the neighbouring countries; to what extent they perceived the existence of an "Arab question," how they defined it and how they dealt with it.

The fact that it was in these years that the Palestine con flict moved fatefully and irrevocably beyond the borders of the country led me to believe that it was important to examine the question of Zionist attitudes to the Arab world in general and to the pan-Arab movement in particular and not to look solely at relations with the Arabs of Palestine, as several previous works have done.

The "Arab world" is something of a misnomer, as I devote two chapters to Zionist interest in and relations with four non-Arab peoples in the Middle East, arguing that this orientation (which to the best of my knowledge has never before been seriously studied) throws considerable light, by contrast and default as it were, on an understanding of Zionist relations with the Arabs.

It is extremely difficult to define what kind of history I have tried to write, and while the whole work is not solely diplomatic, political, social, economic or cultural history, it contains, I hope, elements of them all. The brevity of the period covered and the range of subjects I thought it valuable to examine made it impossible to treat the whole period chronologically, although within thematic chapters I have attempted to follow a coherent chronology.

After the files of the Political Department of the Jewish Agency, which form the documentary basis of this study, I have depended to a large extent on the Hebrew and Zionist press of the period, seeing this as the best way to gain an insight into the spectrum of views and opinions pertaining to Zionist relations with the Arabs. Where possible I have tried to demonstrate, particularly in , the relationship between the highly literate press and the formulation of policy and have quoted extensively from it in the belief that history should not only be social science and analysis, but also ambience and evocation.

The still highly controversial nature of the Palestine question has inevitably had its effect on the availability of primary source material. Some British documents are still closed to the public and all French Foreign Ministry material is inaccessible, which has left same gaps in my reconstruction of the Zionists' activities in Syria and Lebanon during this period. Most Zionist material is readily available, except the archives of the Hagana, which remained closed to me.

The publication of the notes and diaries of Zionist leaders like Moshe Sharett and David Den Gurion is an enterprise which is to be welcomed for creating easy access to a wealth of fascinating historical material. Instinctively, however, one approaches such works with caution, on the assumption born out by experience that the admirers and disciples of national leaders and guardians (self-appointed or otherwise) of traditions are concerned more with posterity than with history. "Official" history is different from history " wie es eigentlich gewesen" and although sins of omission are perhaps less nefarious than sins of deliberate distortion their effect on the search for historical truth may be just as great. I have always tried therefore, to locate the original document rather than use the later edited version.

I should like to thank the directors and staff of the following archives and libraries for their tireless help and advice: Central Zionist Archives, Israel State Archives, both in Jerusalem; Weizmann Archives, Rehovot; Mapai Archives, Beit Berl; Abba Hushi Archives at Haifa University; Public Record Office and British Library, London and the Zionist Archives and Library, New York.

My thanks too to the Social Science Research Council whose award made this research possible and to Neil Caplan, Yosef Heller, Moshe Mossek, Danny Rubinstein, Eli Rubinstein and Eli Shaltiel whose help in various ways contributed much to the finished product, although, needless to say, they are in no way responsible for its shortcomings. To my supervisor, Professor Elie Kedourie, I owe a great deal for his constructive criticism and advice over the past four years. My greatest debt is to Maya for her care and encouragement and above all, her overwhelming patience in living with the tribulations of this thesis and its writer.

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