Part One Attitudes: The Zionist Leadership and the Arab Question 1917-1948 1. Dr Weizmann and His Legacy Introduction 2. Jabotinsky and the Revisionist Movement 3. Dr Nahum Goldmann 4. Ben-Gurion and Sharett Ben-Gurion 5. The Bi-Nationalists Brith Shalom —Part Two Crucial Decisions Foreword 6. The Policy of Economic and Social Separation 7. The Arab Revolt of 1936 and the Policy of Partition Introduction 8. The War of 1948 From Biltmore Back to Partition
Biography
Simha Flapan (1911–1987) was an Israeli historian and politician and had a long and distinguished career as a writer, publisher, peace activist and educator. From 1954 to 1981 he was National Secretary of Israel's Mapam party and Director of its Arab Affairs department. He was founder and editor-in-chief of the Middle East monthly New Outlook, and founder and director of the Jewish-Arab Institute and the Israeli Peace Research Institute. He was aFellow at he Harvard University Center for International Affiars, a visiting scholar at the Harvard Center for Middle East Sutdies, and a Foreign Associate of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London.
Original Review of Zionism and the Palestinians:
‘Flapan concentrates, with impressive originality and mastery of his sources on the shaping of Zionist attitudes and their impact on Zionist policies towards the Arabs of Palestine.’ N. Lucas, Journal of International Studies, Volume 8, Issue 2.
‘This is an interesting and original book…’ Joseph Nevo, Review of Middle East Studies, Volume 15, Issue 1 (1981).
