ABSTRACT
With the defeat of the Arab Palestinian community and the creation of the State of Israel, some Arab Palestinians enlisted in the armies of the Arab states, principally Jordan and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, Syria and Iraq. In light of this enlistment, it is interesting to ask, who served who? Did these Palestinians further the respective states’ interests or did military service serve the interests of the Palestinians who wanted to avenge the loss of their homeland by punishing Israel through guerrilla action or recouping material losses through criminal activities, or both?
