DBWI: Jewish/Arab conflict in Palestine

In history class we were studying the break-up of Yugoslavia and the subsequent ethnic conflicts that broke out. One of the articles I read compared the situation in Bosnia to Palestine, and made a number of policy recommendations based on the Palestinian experience of multinationalism for the post-war reconstruction of Bosnia. That got me thinking, would it be possible for that sort of ethnic conflict to break out in Palestine, and if so what would the long-term consequences of such a conflict be.

I suppose one possible PoD could involve the mass influx of Russian and other East European Jews in the 1990s, although as tense as race relations were during that period I find it difficult to believe that it would escalate into outright conflict. Then again they did say the same thing about Yugoslavia.
 
Have a more radical Jewish leadership arise in Palestine after WWII. The OTL leadership was willing to compromise with the Arabs, leading to the current Federal Republic of Palestine.
 
That's a bit of a common misconception that the Jewish leadership in Palestine was moderate. Part of the reason why the negotiations happened is because the Jewish leadership vocally rejected the UN partition plan (as did all the Arab parties involved) on the grounds that they wanted a Jewish state that encapsulated all of Palestine. After the partition plan was rejected by all parties the UN held an inquiry that led to the cross-community negotiations and eventually the bi-national plan.

A more moderate leadership might have been willing to accept the partition, which the neighbouring states and Arab leadership rejected. I suppose that could have lead to a conflict, but I doubt that the leadership would have taken that sort of a risk. Given how much stronger the Arab countries were it wouldn't have been a very long fight.
 
That's a bit of a common misconception that the Jewish leadership in Palestine was moderate. Part of the reason why the negotiations happened is because the Jewish leadership vocally rejected the UN partition plan (as did all the Arab parties involved) on the grounds that they wanted a Jewish state that encapsulated all of Palestine. After the partition plan was rejected by all parties the UN held an inquiry that led to the cross-community negotiations and eventually the bi-national plan.

A more moderate leadership might have been willing to accept the partition, which the neighbouring states and Arab leadership rejected. I suppose that could have lead to a conflict, but I doubt that the leadership would have taken that sort of a risk. Given how much stronger the Arab countries were it wouldn't have been a very long fight.

I think if the British had capped Jewish immigration like they'd talked about doing, then the Jews might not have pushed for a binational state where they'd be an embattled minority instead of a slim majority.

Plus, the British could have done a better job of divide-and-conquer, recruiting Jewish police to set against the Arabs and vice-versa like they in many parts of their empire. As it was, Jews and Arabs alike were pretty united in their hate of the British military occupation forces.
 
I think if the British had capped Jewish immigration like they'd talked about doing, then the Jews might not have pushed for a binational state where they'd be an embattled minority instead of a slim majority.

Plus, the British could have done a better job of divide-and-conquer, recruiting Jewish police to set against the Arabs and vice-versa like they in many parts of their empire. As it was, Jews and Arabs alike were pretty united in their hate of the British military occupation forces.

Arguably one of the few times British colonial mismanagement actually made things better.
 
Sadly, the Palestinian Arabs have frequently been targeted by their brethren as traitors for daring to cooperate with the Jews.
 
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