ABSTRACT
Although several informal Jewish-Arab meetings took place during World War I, uncertainty regarding the anticipated changes led both parties to behave with extreme caution. The next major round of contacts was to take place in the closing stages of the war, with the advent of British troops to the Middle East. This chapter and the following one will focus on the intense diplomatic activity of the period 1917-1922, mainly involving the emerging leader of the Zionist movement, Dr Chaim Weizmann. We will deal with Zionist relations with the Amir Faisal, his brother Amir Abdallah, Palestinian notables, and Syrian nationalists.
