Arab-Jewish Relations in the Mandate Flashcards
Who are some advocates of the ‘dual society’ model?
Eisenstadt, Horowitz, Lissak
To what does Barnei attribute early historians’ almost exclusive focus on the Jewish community?
Explicit denial that the Land of Israel and people in it had any significant history other than Jewish history
Which ‘modern’ historian also argues there were parallel societies, as part of a conflict between two nations?
Gelvin
Who are some of the advocates of the ‘relational paradigm’?
Lockman, Campos, Tamari, Bernstein
Who has criticised the ‘relationship paradigm’ from a Palestinian perspective?
Abu-Lughod
Who argues that Lockman goes too far in focusing almost exclusively on instances of cooperation?
Bernstein
What approach is taken by Shafir?
‘Colonial perspective’ - central features of Jewish settlement not the result of ideology but strategic responses to detrimental effect of Arab labour
Who argues that the Histadrut’s policies were less the result of internal dynamics, and more strategic structural choices in response to outside forces?
Shalev
What three paradigmatic frameworks can we use to look at the Israel-Palestine conflict?
National, colonial, sectarian (unusual?)
How does Tamari suggest we look at ‘Arab Jews’/Mizrahi Jews?
As ‘Jewish Arabs’, i.e. as Arabs of Jewish background like Christian Arabs
What fraction of those executed by the British were Mizrahi?
50%
How many Jews are there by 1948?
600,000
What does Shenhav argue limited the impact of Zionist discourse on Sephardi Jews?
The fact that there were already in ‘Zion’, undermining the appeal of ‘Return to Zion’.
How does Elyachar, retrospectively, interpret ethnic/religious mixing?
As formalised rituals between confessional groups
When does Cohen argue was the key date in the conception of a distinct JZ society/community?
1929
What are the two ways we can look at mandatory Palestine’s economy?
Separate economies or single economy with sectorial differences
What was the role in terms of facilitating economic cooperation/separation of elites, according to Bernstein?
Both sides attempted to restrict economic exchanges between the communities
Who was the main theoretician of the Split Labour Market?
Bonacich
How many occupations and institutions were identified by the JA’s Arab Department as mixing J/A?
25 including trucking, shipping, telecommunications, journalism
In what sector does Bernstein argue there was significant competition?
Haifa construction
Who showed the dependence of Mahne Yehueda market on Arab cultivators?
Shrem
Who owned a mixed bar in Jerusalem and what was it called?
Max Hesse, Finks
Who has stressed separatism based on contrasting demographics? i.e. western vs. agrarian indigenous movement
Metzer
Who dismisses the novelty of Lockman’s argument and why?
Shapira - encounters largely insignificant. Substantial interaction highlighted ages ago by historians.
What fraction of the railways employment force Jewish?
8-12%
When had some Arab rail workers tried to join the Histadrut?
1921
What radical leftist group won control of the RWA?
Workers of the Zion Left
From when were there separate railway unions?
1925
Which kibbutz-based movement initially advocated for a binational Palestine?
Hasher Hatza’ir
Who does Bernstein argue was more likely to prioritise immediate class interests?
Those social actors closest to the grassroots
What internal struggle has been identified by Franzeen?
That between traditional communist party line and Yishuvism. Reconciling Zionist and Communist ideas.
Which prominent Jewish figure was involved in discussions with prominent Arabs over binational regime?
Frumkin
What term was not used in local Hebrew sources until 20th century?
‘Jewish Quarter’
What began to shut down in the 1930s, according to Klein?
Jewish stores near Jaffa Gate
What fraction of land bought in the early 1930s was in Jaffa?
17.7%
Who initiated separation in Haifa, according to Bernstein
Jewish communities - separate neighbourhoods, communal institutions, economic enterprises - “wide-ranging, pervasive attempt at separation”
Who argues that the European modern Hebrew society dominated both Arabs and Oriental Jews in Mandatory Haifa?
Kidron
How many expressions, idioms, words, etc. from Arabic were found in a study of ‘Palestinian Yiddish’ from the 1930s?
700
What late-Ottoman Jewish newspaper referred to local Jews as ‘Ottoman subjects’, etc.?
Habatselet.
When was there a peaceful anti-Zionist protect?
October 1933
What was established by collaborators in the early 1920s as a counter to Muslim-Christian Associations?
Muslim National Associations
What was a fundamental limit on collaboration?
As argued by Heacock and Nassar - exclusivity of Zionism - could never become convinced Zionists.
What has Gordon argued about collaboration?
That it was not only a common occurrence but a defining aspect of Palestinian society and politics
Name two members of the ‘Group of Five’?
Smilansky and Frumkin
By what was the Group of Five’s proposal prompted?
1936 General Strike
Which Jewish group had previously called for negotiations and were willing to give up idea of Jewish majority?
Brith Shalom
How has Shafir described the approach taken by the Group of Five?
Capitalist binationalism
