ABSTRACT
The Palestine problem was deeply rooted in the conflict between diametrically opposed Zionist and Arab aspirations, with the high Zionist hopes of 1936 frightening the Palestinian Arabs and the 1939 British attempt to end unrest among the Arabs threatening the Jews. The Bi-nationalists, as well as some Official Zionists, drew exaggerated conclusions from their observation that it was possible to be friends with their Arab neighbors and to cooperate with Arabs in business. Hashomer Hatza'ir wanted the Zionist working class to organize and indoctrinate the Palestinian Arab masses and help them to escape from the influence of the Effendi class, which agitated against the National Home. The Official Zionists and Revisionists agreed that accord would be reached only after the National Home had been firmly established and that Palestinian Arab opposition would be overcome only through increased immigration and settlement or through military force.
