Zionists misdiagnosed the causes of Arab resistance to their endeavors.

Evidence

And on the strength of their false diagnosis they have with unfailing perversity proceeded to advocate remedies which simply aggravate the malady which they were supposed to cure. — David Hirst, The Gun and the Olive Branch The Roots…, 184

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Hirst, The Gun and the Olive Branch The Roots…, 184
• XREF: connects to: Zionism was envisioned as a movement involving coercion and violence. — David Hirst, The Gun and the Olive Branch The Roots…, 33; David Ohana demonstrates Zionism’s inability to convince itself of its own claims through his analysis of the Zionist-Crusader analogy. — David Ohana, The Origins of Israeli Mythology; The Zionist-crusader analogy made by Arab scholars and writers and internalized by Israeli politicians has given rise to an Arab and Israeli ‘Crusader anxiety’. — The Crusader Anxiety (Chapter 5) - The Origins of Israeli Mythology (+1 more)