ABSTRACT
As we have already noted, the first results of the post-war settlement announced at San Remo were much to the satisfaction of the Zionists, and hardly to the satisfaction of the Arabs, least of all to the Arabs of Palestine. Negotiation attempts in 1921-1922 were situated primarily in this context. Apart from the serious rioting of May 1921, Zionists were faced with the nuisance value of Arab opposition and the possibility that unfavourable Arab reaction might adversely affect the terms of the draft M andate for Palestine, which was to receive final approval from the League of Nations in July 1922. Lobbying for European support was thus accompanied by Zionist diplomatic activity aimed at disarming or muting Arab opposition, while the Arabs tried to use negotiating opportunities to reverse some of the gains of the new European mandatory powers and of the Zionists.
