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The Politics of Partition$
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Avi Shlaim

Print publication date: 1998

Print ISBN-13: 9780198294597

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198294597.001.0001

The Hashemite-Zionist Connection

Chapter:
(p. 39 ) 2 The Hashemite-Zionist Connection
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The Politics of Partition
Author(s):

Avi Shlaim

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198294597.003.0017

This chapter examines King Abdullah's political relationship with the Zionists. This relationship was the least well understood by his fellow Arabs and the most damaging to his reputation. His motives for seeking such a relationship was his fear of Zionism and his perception of the opportunity it offered him to realize his own goals in Palestine. In his personal dealings with the Zionists, Abdullah was never hampered by any racist prejudice. Hatred of the Jews did not burn in his heart and he stood above the fanatic anti-Jewish prejudices common among some members of his race.

Keywords:   King Abdullah, Zionists, political relationship, Jews, Zionism, Palestine, racist prejudice

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