Zionist leaders dutifully performed the imperial script of Arab-Zionist fraternity

Evidence

Zionist leaders in Britain understood that they were expected to promote the Arab–Zionist connection, as well as the alliance with Armenians. Writing to Sykes, Zionist executive member Nahum Sokolow remarked with obedient enthusiasm: ‘your idea of an Arab-Armenian-Zionist Entente is excellent indeed’. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 666

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the broader theme that subject nationalists had to perform identity scripts pleasing to imperial patrons — parallels the performative compliance seen in other colonial contexts.