Palestine between Politics and Terror, 1945–1947

✍ Scribed by Golani, Motti; Cunningham, Alan Gordon

• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 276
• Series: The Schusterman series in Israel studies;Schusterman series in Israel studies
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

British General Sir Allan Cunningham was appointed in 1945 as high commissioner of Palestine, and served in this capacity until the end of the British mandate on May 15, 1948. The three years of Cunningham’s tenure were tremendously complex politically: players included the British government in London, the British army, the British administration in Jerusalem, and diverse military forces within the Zionist establishment, both Jew and Arab. Golani revisits this period from the perspective of the high commissioner, examining understudied official documents as well as Cunningham’s letters, notes, and cables. He emphasizes especially the challenges of navigating Jewish and Arab terrorists, on the one hand, and the multiple layers of British institutional bureaucracies, on the other, and does an excellent job of establishing Sir Allan’s daily trials within the broad frame of the collapse of the British Empire following World War II.

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Abbreviations and Terms......Page 18
Prologue: On the Road to Jerusalem......Page 22
Part I | A Political Process as Though There Is NoTerrorism: November 1945–December 1946......Page 46
1 | The Only Chance for Palestine Is Partition......Page 48
2 | Toward a Clash with the Yishuv......Page 79
3 | Saving the Jews from Themselves: Operation Agatha......Page 105
4 | A State First, Immigration Later......Page 128
Part II | To Fight Terrorismas Though There Is No Political Process: July 1946–August 1947......Page 160
5 | “The King David Hotel Crime”......Page 162
6 | The High Commissioner’s “Conciliation Policy”......Page 185
7 | Martial Law......Page 207
Epilogue......Page 249
Bibliography......Page 262
Index......Page 268