ABSTRACT
By early 1938 it was already becoming clear to Arabs, Zionists and British alike that the radical conclusions of the Peel Report - even if they might not provide a practical, definitive solution to the dispute now constituted an important turning point. A Jewish state in part of Palestine, even if it were not implemented as recommended by the British White Paper of July 7th 1937, had now become the acknowledged goal of the Zionist movement, and this fact would alter the context of any future direct Arab-Zionist bargaining. The Royal Commission's pessimistic conclusion that the Mandate was no longer workable was largely accepted by British and Arab leaders; this meant that, for all practical purposes, there could be no turning back to the status quo ante.
