ABSTRACT
The Other Side of the Coin: Arab Propaganda and the Battle against Zionism in London, 1937–48
Rory Miller
This article examines the Arab propaganda effort over the Palestine question, which occurred in London from the time of the Palestine Royal Commission of 1937 to the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. In doing so the article looks at the specific organizations and propaganda bodies involved in promoting the Arab case during this era — the Palestine Information Centre, the Arab Centre and the Arab Office. It looks at the Zionist attitude and response to what they saw as the Arab propaganda challenge and it analyzes the relationship between Arab propagandists in London and the Foreign Office and members of the pro-Arab British elite outside of Government. Through all this it argues that contrary to the arguments of the time, which exist up to this day, the Arab propaganda effort in London in the final decade of the British Mandate for Palestine was not isolated, disorganized or inconsequential, but a serious and credible challenge to Zionist aspirations.
