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Establishes that transfer thinking formed a central element of strategic leadership in Zionist movements and the Yishuv as a solution to the “Arab question.” Reconstructs shifting modalities over time, including voluntary transfer encouragement via agrarian measures and citizenship restrictions in the late 1930s, and documents major schemes and debates.","Expulsion of thePalestinians  \nThe Concept of \"Transfer\"in Zionist Political Thought1882-1948  \nNur Masalha  \nThe Institute for Palestine Studies.founded in Beirut in 1963.is anindependent nonprofit Arab research and publication center,which is not affiliated to any political organization or government.The opinions expressed in its publications do not necessarilyreflect those of the Institute.  \n◎ 1992 by the institute for Palestine StudiesAll rights reserved  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nMasalha.Nur,1957-  \nExpulsion of the Palestinians:the concept of 'transfer inZionist political thought.1882-1948/Nur Masalha.  \np.cm.  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.ISBN O-88728-235-0.-ISBN O-88728-242-3(pbk.)  \n1.Jewish-Arab relations--1917-1949.2.Population transfers-  \nPalestinian Arabs.3.Zionism --History.1Title.  \nDSI9.7.M31391992320.5'4'095694--dc20  \n92-9654  \nCIP  \nPrinted in the United States of American  \nContents  \nAcknowledgments  \nIntroduction  \n1  \nONEZionist Transfer Ideas and Proposals,1882-1936  \n5  \nEarly Transfer Proposals of the Founding Fathers  \n8  \nThe General Approach toward the PalestiniansIn the Mandatory Period14  \nThe welzmann Transfer Scheme of 193030  \nNotes  \n39  \nTwo The Royal(Peel)Commission,1937  \nThe Origins of the Royal(Peel)Commission'sTransfer Recommendation  \nWeizmann,Shertok,and Ben-Gurion and the PeelRecommendations60  \nThe Emerging Consensus:The Debates at the worldConvention of Jhud Po'alei Tzion and theZurich Congress,August 193767  \nThe Soskin Plan of Compulsory Transfer.193780Notes85  \nTHREE The Jewish Agency and Transfer in theWake of the Peel Commission93The weitz Transfer Plan,December 193794The Bonne Scheme.July 1938102  \nThe Jewish Agency Executive's TransferDiscusslons of June 1938106Notes120125Yosef Weitz.the Second Transfer Committee,and the al-Jazirah Scheme130Edward Norman's Plan of Transfer to Iraq.1934-48141The Philby Episode155The British Labor Party Resolution of 1944157The Ben-Horin Plan,1943-48161Notes166FIVEThe 1948 Exodus175Notes200Conclusion207Glossary211Select Bibliography215Index221  \nFoURThe War Years to 1948  \n# Acknowledgments\n\nMany acknowledgments are in order.First.I am par-ticularly grateful to Professor Walid Khalidi,General Secre-tary of the Institute for Palestine Studies,who encouragedme toundertake this project.I thank himand the InstituteforPalestine Studies (IPS),for granting me the Institute'sConstantine Zurayk Fellowship sponsored by Mr.AbdelMuhsin al-Qattan.At IPS,my indebtedness is to Ms.LindaButler for her extensive editing of and contribution to thetext,and to Mr.Mark Mechler for his production of the book.Iwould also like to thank the staff of the Public Record Office(PRO)in Kew (London)for the help they provided while 1used their files.In Israel,I am grateful for the assistance Ireceived from the staff of the Central Zionist Archives inJerusalem,the Hashomer Hatza'ir(Givat Haviva)Archives.and the institute for Settlement Research in Rehovot.Fi-nally,I owe an invaluable debt to my wife,Stephanie for allshe endured during my traveland research in Israel,as wellas for her insightful comments while this work was beingwritten.  \n# Introduction\n\nhe Zionist concept of \"transfer\"-a euphemism de-noting the organized removal of the indigenouspopulation of Palestine toneighboring countries-isa prickly and even explosive subject that myriad research-ers and writers focusing on Palestine have avoided for ob-vious reasons.From the outset,however,this concept hasoccupied a central position in the strategic thinking of theleadership of the Zionist movements and the Yishuv (theJewish community in Palestine)as a solution to the“Arabquestion”in Palestine.Indeed,the idea of transfer is as oldas the early Zionist colonies in Palestine and the rise ofpolitical Zionism.It can be said to be the logical outgrowthof the ultimategoal of the Zionist movement,which was theestablishment of a Jewish state through colonization andland acquisition","cbCaimtT0k9svAFO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimtT0k9svAFO","pdf",3355171,1,241,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n# One: Zionist Transfer Ideas and Proposals, 1882-1936\n## Early Transfer Proposals of the Founding Fathers\n## The General Approach toward the Palestinians in the Mandatory Period\n## The Weizmann Transfer Scheme of 1930\n## The Royal (Peel) Commission, 1937\n## The Emerging Consensus: Debates at the World Convention of Jhud Po'alei Tzion and the Zurich Congress\n## The Soskin Plan of Compulsory Transfer, 1937-1938\n# Two: The Jewish Agency and Transfer in 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