The Anglo-Jewish Economic Board for Palestine—The First Decade

ABSTRACT:The article explores the leading role played by the Anglo-Jewish “Economic Board for Palestine” in the economic reconstruction of Palestine during the first decade of the British Mandate. By presenting its collaborative efforts with four financial actors—the Zionist Organization, the government, individual organizations and private entrepreneurs, the article will shed a new light on the delicate relationship between Zionist and non-Zionist, private and national capital, and the formation of a powerful prototype of the Jewish Agency.