The Jewish Agency and Syria during the Arab Revolt in Palestine Secret Meetings and Negotiations

Abstract

In his book about the Jewish Agency’s clandestine diplomacy and influence campaign in Syria during the late 1930s, Mahmoud Muhareb argues that the Jewish Agency intended to weaken the Arab revolt by cutting off its political and material support. Moreover, he argues that the Jewish Agency intended to exploit fractures in Syria’s independence movement so to harm their ties to Palestine and to foster genuine agreements based on their common ground. Such an agreement would exclude Palestinian representation or stated interests, if the Jewish Agency had its way.