The Struggle to Unify Jaffa’s Jewish Neighborhoods with Tel Aviv 1945-1947
Keywords:
Jewish Neighborhoods in Jaffa, Jewish–Arab Relations in Israel, Jewish–Arab Relations during the British Mandate, British Government, Zionist Policy, Tel AvivAbstract
Towards the end of the British Mandate one of the most complex issues that the authorities faced at the local municipal level was the problem of Jaffa’s Jewish neighborhoods. This issue engaged the government from the start of the 1936 disturbances until the end of the Mandate. The heart of the problem lay in Jaffa’s Jewish residents’ demand for their neighborhoods to be annexed to Tel Aviv. This was the background to the tense relations between the Jews, Arabs, and British authorities from 1945 to 1947 which the three parties tried to alleviate.
A series of unprecedented moves were undertaken by the Jewish side in an attempt to influence the British government. This article examines the three parties’ points of view while focusing on Zionist policy and its results.
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