Haredim positioned themselves as better guardians by accepting Arab primacy

Evidence

It may be because his communion with the Arabs was a stark illustration that the Haredim, as opposed to the Zionists, knew and appreciated Arabs as the true possessors of Palestine, and the key to Jews living harmoniously in their Holy Land. The Haredim had no illusions of wresting control of the country for themselves, but instead wished to prove it was they, not the Zionists, who were the appropriate guardians of Jewish interests in their ancestral land from which redemption would come. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 444 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Haredim valued Arab dominance as proof of their own anti-Zionist legitimacy. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 444; The Haredim championed Arab-Jewish harmony to embarrass and discredit the Zionists; Arabs accepted Turkish primacy as natural within Islamic universalism (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Haredim valued Arab dominance as proof of their own anti-Zionist legitimacy. #expands (0.92) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 444