Jewish-Arab Relations in the Rural Area of Rosh Pina and Ja’una, 1918-1948
Keywords:
Eastern Upper Galilee, Ja’una, Rosh Pina, British Mandate, Agriculture, Agricultural cooperationAbstract
The subject of this article is the relations between two villages in the Eastern Upper Galilee: the Arab village Ja’una and the Jewish settlement Rosh Pina.
Previous studies have focused primarily on mixed (Arab-Jewish) cities during the British Mandate, yet very little has been written on relations between Arab villages and Jewish settlements (moshavot, moshavim and kibbutzim). The article discusses agriculture as the key area of cooperation between the two villages and looks at other areas, such as education, customs, and festivities sharing. Also treated are the impact of British rule and Jewish and Arab national politics on the two villages, and how they ultimately affected the communities’ security issues.
The authors draw the conclusion that the seventy years of relations and common interests between the villages delayed separation and duality in daily life. Mutual dependency and the realization that violence would ultimately prove disastrous to both sides found expression during times of security tension as well as in the fateful year of 1948.
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