ABSTRACT
The Zionist movement followed a consistent land policy from the days until the termination of the Mandate. The fundamental aims of the movement of Jewish national rebirth – the Hovevei Zion, followed by the World Zionist Organization – were to return to the Land of Israel and to strike root in its soil as of right and not by anyone's leave. The Zionist movement refused to consider Arab agreement as a necessary condition for its activities, but it did assume an unwritten but deeply rooted obligation to prevent injustice to the individual Arabs living in the country. The Zionist agencies rejected the solution offered by the Commissions of Inquiry and incorporated in the White Papers of 1930 and 1939, because these meant in effect that Jewish settlement activity would come to a halt. The reaction of the Zionist agencies and of the individuals Kisch turned to was not single-minded. The Zionist movement stood for the dynamic development of the country.
