The British Mandate in Palestine: A Centenary Volume, 1920-2020

ISBN-13: 9781032174860 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 320 str.

Michael J. Cohen

Opis

The British Mandate over Palestine began 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.

Spis treści

Foreword Professor Sari Nusseibeh  Editor’s Introduction Michael J Cohen  Part I. British Perspectives  1. Colonial Intrigue in the Middle East: The Faysal – [Lawrence] - Weizmann Agreement, January 1919 Michael J Cohen  2. The anti-Zionist ‘Jewish Khazar’ Syndrome in the official British mind Rory Miller  3. Churchill and Bevin: Thesis and anti-Thesis? Michael J Cohen  Part II. Arab Perspectives  4. Between local Palestinian and pan-Arab nationalism among Palestinians during the British mandate: Akram Zu’ayter as an example Mustafa Kabha  5. The Palestinian Political Parties: Democracy and the Clan Rami Zaidan 6. The rise and fall of the Palestinian-Arab middle class Itamar Radai  7. Difference, not fragmentation: Christians and Druze in Mandatory Palestine Yusri Khaizran  8. A troubled bond: The Palestinian-Arab national movement and the Arab states Avraham Sela Part III. Zionist Perspectives  9. Zionism as a blessing to the Arabs: History of an argument Hillel Cohen 10. Jewish Immigration: The Base of the Palestine Triangle Aviva Halamish  11. Zionist land acquisition: A core element in establishing Israel Kenneth W. Stein  12. The Origins of Military Zionism Colin Shindler  13. Is Zionism Colonialism? Yoav Gelber　14. Chaim Weizmann: From the Balfour Declaration to the establishment of the state of Israel Jehuda Reinharz and Motti Golani 15. David Ben-Gurion’s ‘road-map’ to independence, May 1948 Tuvia Friling  Conclusion  16. Arab-Zionist negotiations during the Mandate: An unbridgeable divide Laura Zittrain Eisenberg and Neil Caplan

O autorze

Michael J Cohen is Emeritus Professor of History at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Among his publications are Churchill and the Jews; Truman an 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 Perspectives, 1917-1948.