Zionism and the Arabs 1882-1948: A Study of Ideology

by Yosef Gorny, Chaya Galai

Overview

What are the roots of the Jewish-Arab conflict? How has it developed, and why does it still exist? In this intriguing investigation, Yosef Gorney contends that the ideological principles of Zionism were a decisive influence throughout the period when Jewish settlement began in Palestine and the foundations were laid for the re-establishment of Israeli sovereignty. He begins by identifying four basic attitudes of the Jewish settlers and Zionist leaders toward the Arab population before the First World War, and then shows how these attitudes persisted or changed in the face of subsequent political events—the Balfour declaration, the tension of the thirties, the Second World War, and the holocaust. Tracing in each period the delicate synthesis between politics and ideology, the book reveals the consistency of ideological principles in Zionist attitudes towards the Arabs, despite rapid changes in their political and historical context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198227212
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/03/1987
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 5.76(h) x 1.06(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
Part I	The Overt Question, 1882-1917
	Historical Background	11
1.	Images and Conceptions of the Founders	26
2.	Ideological Outlooks in Palestine	40
(a)	The Integrative Outlook	41
(b)	The Separatist Outlook	49
(c)	The Liberal Outlook	57
(d)	The Constructive Socialist Outlook	66
	Conclusion	76
Part II	Growing Awareness Of The Conflict 1918-1929
	Historical Background	81
3.	From Liberalism to Nationalism	96
4.	From Integration to Bi-nationalism	118
5.	Constructive Socialism and Jewish-Arab Co-operation	129
(a)	ha-Po'el ha-Tza'ir	147
(b)	ha-Shomer ha-Tza'ir	154
6.	From Separatism to 'the Iron Wall'	156
	Conclusion	174
Part III	Confrontation In The Crisis Years 1930-1948
	Historical Background	181
7.	Years of Perplexity, 1929-1935	186
(a)	Outside the Zionist Consensus	189
(b)	The Search for a Constructive Solution	201
(c)	From 'the Iron Wall' to Separatism	233
8.	Years of Dubiety, 1936-1939	243
(a)	Introduction	243
(b)	From Hopes of Co-operation to the Need to Compromise	246
(c)	From National Separatism to Political Intransigence	263
9.	The Decisive Years, 1939-1948	277
(a)	Introduction	277
(b)	The Return to Consensus	281
(c)	From the Arab Question to the Jewish State	298
(d)	From Intransigence to Disregard	313
	Afterword	321
	Select Bibliography	326
	Index	331

Editorial Reviews

"In this excellent book, Yosef Gorny presents clear and probing analyses of the origins and permutations of Zionist ideology toward the Arabs from 1882 until the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948...Gorny has enriched our historical understanding of Zionism's relationship with the Arabs of Palestine."—American Historical Review

"Objective and well organized; it is a valuable contribution to the knowledge and understanding of the Arab-Israeli conflict...Recommended for upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and informed general readers."—CHOICE

"One of the most important books to be published in recent years on the subject of Israel, Zionism and the Middle East...Gorny has done a superb job of presenting the different and changing Zionist approaches toward Jewish-Arab relations in Palestine, using a vast amount of fascinating primary material."—Association for Israel Studies Newsletter

"Gorny is to be praised for undertaking the daunting task of presenting a comprehensive picture of this painful and yet-unfinished chapter."—Studies in Contemporary Jewry IV

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