They were artists and musicians. They were brave and passionate, soldiers. The Arabs of The Exodus, on the other hand, were objectified as evil, lacking in human virtue. They were backward and liars. And they were cowards.
Millions read the book on which the film was based.
The film itself was seen by tens of millions. And the theme song from the movie became, for many years, one of America's most popular tunes. . Actually this entire Zionist effort was not only insidious, it was also quite clever. From the beginning this movement had identified itself as a Western colonial enterprise. In the United States they defined their conquest in terms Americans would understand.