Jordan Times,
THE MORE things change, the more they stay the same. The dynamic in today's Israeli-Palestinian and US relationship is disturbingly similar to the Zionist-Palestinian-British relationship of the 1920s. Back then, the Zionists made no secret of their intent to take advantage of the mandate to prepare the foundation of their future state. And so they brought into Palestine tens of thousands of Jewish settlers, acquired Arab land, built colonies and created the infrastructure of a nascent state within the mandate.
The Arabs of Palestine, at the same time, had no coherent response to this growing threat. To be sure, they convened congresses and passed resolutions arguing that the mandate had no legitimacy and the Balfour declaration was without legal foundation. As pressure grew, from the impact of Zionist immigration and land acquisition, the Arabs demonstrated, rioted and, faced with overwhelming force, were beaten.
The British who created and allowed this dilemma to develop and fester, acted as arbiters to what they termed
