ABSTRACT
In recent years, the use of unpublished British and Zionist archive material has produced a number of interesting and detailed studies of British Palestine policy and the early development of the Zionist-Arab conflict. Sir Herbert Samuel, first High Commissioner to Palestine (1920-25) and a Jew, has been the subject of scholarly articles by Elie Kedourie and Bernard Wasserstein.1 The present article seeks to complement the existing literature on Samuel by exploring in more detail the reactions of the Yishuv (Jewish community of Palestine) to his chosen style and methods of governing Palestine during his term of office.
