Title: The British mandate in Palestine : a centenary volume, 1920-2020 /
Authors: Cohen, Michael Joseph, 1940-
Year: 2020
Subjects: Zionism; Jewish-Arab relations History; Jewish-Arab relations; Politics and government; Zionism; Palestine History; Palestine Politics and government; Middle East Palestine
Abstract: "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 analyze 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 'Palestine Triangle': the British, the Arabs and the Zionists. 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"--
Contents: Colonial Intrigue in the Middle East : The Faysal-Weizmann Agreement, January 1919 / Michael J. Cohen -- The anti-Zionist 'Jewish Khazar' Syndrome in the official British Mind / Rory Miller -- Churchill and Bevin : Thesis and anti-Thesis? / Michael J. Cohen -- Akram Zu'ayter : The formation of national identity within Palestinian Arab Society / Mustafa Kabha -- The Palestinian Political Parties : Democracy and the Clan / Rami Zaidan -- The Rise and Fall of the Palestinian-Arab Middle Class / Itamar Radai -- The Druze and Christian Minorities in Palestine during the Mandatory Period / Yusri Khaizran -- Illusive Bond : The Arabs of Palestine and the Arab World / Avraham Sela -- Zionism as a blessing for the Arabs: Zionist, Western, and Arab views / Hillel Cohen -- Jewish Immigration : The Base of the Palestine Triangle / Aviva Halamish -- Zionist land acquisition : a core element in establishing Israel / Kenneth W. Stein -- The Origins of Military Zionism / Colin Shindler -- Is Zionism Colonialism? / Yoav Gelber -- Chaim Weizmann : From the Balfour Declaration to the Establishment of the State of Israel / Jehuda Reinharz, Motti Golani -- Ben -- Gurion's 'road-map' to Independence, May 1948 / Tuvia Friling -- Arab-Zionist Negotiations during the Mandate : An Unbridgeable Divide? / Neil Caplan, Laura Zittrain Eisenberg.