Relationship with the Jewish people Palestinians

depiction of palestine in time of saul c. 1020 bc according george adam smith s 1915 atlas of historical geography of holy land.

a number of pre-mandatory zionists, ahad ha , ber borochov david ben-gurion , yitzhak ben zvi thought of palestinian peasant population descended ancient biblical hebrews, belief disowned when ideological implications became problematic. ahad ha believed that, moslems [of palestine] ancient residents of land ... became christians on rise of christianity , became moslems on arrival of islam. israel belkind, founder of bilu movement asserted palestinian arabs blood brothers of jews. ber borochov, 1 of key ideological architects of marxist zionism, claimed 1905 that, fellahin in eretz-israel descendants of remnants of hebrew agricultural community, believing them descendants of ancient hebrew- residents small admixture of arab blood . further believed palestinian peasantry embrace zionism , lack of crystallized national consciousness among palestinian arabs result in assimilation new hebrew nationalism, , arabs , jews unite in class struggle. david ben-gurion , yitzhak ben zvi, later becoming israel s first prime minister , second president, respectively, suggested in 1918 paper written in yiddish palestinian peasants , mode of life living historical testimonies israelite practices in biblical period. tamari notes ideological implications of claim became problematic , withdrawn circulation. salim tamari notes paradoxes produced search nativist roots among these zionist figures, particularly canaanist followers of yonatan ratosh, sought replace old diasporic jewish identity nationalism embraced existing residents of palestine.

in book on palestinians, arabs in eretz-israel, belkind advanced idea dispersion of jews out of land of israel after destruction of second temple roman emperor titus historic error must corrected. while dispersed of land s jewish community around world, workers of land remained attached land, stayed behind , converted christianity , islam. therefore, proposed historical wrong corrected, embracing palestinians own , proposed opening of hebrew schools palestinian arab muslims teach them arabic, hebrew , universal culture. tsvi misinai, israeli researcher, entrepreneur , proponent of controversial alternative solution israeli–palestinian conflict, asserts 90% of palestinians living within israel , occupied territories (including israel s arab citizens , negev bedouin) descended jewish israelite peasantry remained on land, after others, city dwellers, exiled or left.