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Brit Shalom (political organization)

Political group of Jewish Zionist intellectuals in Mandatory Palestine

Summary

Political group of Jewish Zionist intellectuals in Mandatory Palestine

Field	Value
name	Brit Shalom
native_name	ברית שלום
تحالف السلام
foundation	1925
ideology	Cultural Zionism
Bi-national state
Jewish–Arab unity
dissolved

تحالف السلام Bi-national state Jewish–Arab unity Brit Shalom (, lit. "covenant of peace"; , Tahalof Essalam; also Jewish–Palestinian Peace Alliance) was a group of Jewish Zionist intellectuals in Mandatory Palestine, founded in 1925.

History

Brit Shalom sought peaceful coexistence between Arabs and Jews in Israel. Its goal was the creation of a centre for Jewish cultural life in Israel, echoing the earlier ideas of Ahad Ha'am. At the time, Brit Shalom supported the establishment of a bi-national state where Jews and Arabs would have equal rights. They started a monthly magazine, Sheifoteinu and organized Arabic courses for Jews living in mandatory Palestine.

Their main goal was to pursue cooperation amongst Jewish and Arabs and they believed that a Jewish majority was not as crucial for the creation of a Jewish state as the dialogue between the Yishuv and the Arab authorities.

Brit Shalom supporters and founders included economist and sociologist Arthur Ruppin, philosopher Martin Buber, Hugo Bergmann, historian Hans Kohn, Gershom Scholem, Henrietta Szold and Israel Jacob Kligler. Albert Einstein also voiced support. Judah Leon Magnes, one of the authors of the program, never joined the organization.

Brit Shalom became quite unpopular because of their stance on the 1929 Palestine riots. In fact, they thought Zionism was partially responsible for the outbreak of violence.

A letter from Arthur Ruppin to Hans Kohn in May 1930 states:

Ruppin held a senior position within the Jewish Agency as Director of the Palestine Land Development Company. The group disintegrated by mid 1936 due to the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the increased necessity to encourage Jewish immigration.

In 1942, Magnes and supporters of Brit Shalom formed the political party Ihud which also advocated binationalism.

Bibliography

References

"Brit Shalom: A Covenant of Peace".
"Brit Shalom - הארכיון הציוני".
Bentwich, Norman (1954) ''For Zion's Sake. A Biography of Judah L. Magnes. First Chancellor and First President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.'' The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia. Library of Congress Number: 54 7440. Page 185.
Walter Laqueur (2003) ''A History of Zionism'' Tauris Parke Paperbacks, {{ISBN. 1-86064-932-7 p 251
{{harvnb. Morris. 2013
quoted in [[Simha Flapan]] (1979) ''Zionism and the Palestinians'', Croom Helm {{ISBN. 0-06-492104-2, p 168-9
Flapan p 173

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