Brit Shalom (, lit. "covenant of peace"; , Tahalof Essalam; also Jewish–Palestinian Peace Alliance) was a group of Jewish Zionist intellectuals in Mandatory Palestine, founded in 1925. History Brit Shalom sought peaceful coexistence between Arabs and Jews, to be achieved by renunciation of the Zionist aim of creating a Jewish state. The alternative vision of Zionism was to create a centre for Jewish cultural life in Palestine, echoing the earlier ideas of Ahad Ha'am. At the time, Brit Shalom supported the establishment of a bi-national state where Jews and Arabs would have equal rights. Brit Shalom supporters and founders included economist and sociologist Arthur Ruppin, philosopher Martin Buber, Hugo Bergmann, historian Hans Kohn, Gershom Scholem, Henrietta Szold and Israel Jacob Kligler. Albert Einstein also voiced support. Judah Leon Magnes, one of the authors of the program, never joined the organization. A letter from Arthur Ruppin to Hans Kohn in May 1930 states: Ruppin held a senior position within the Jewish Agency as Director of the Palestine Land Development Company. Most Palestinian Jews and Arabs rejected the proposed binational solution, and Ruppin himself eventually became convinced it was unrealistic. The group disintegrated by the early 1930s. In 1942, Magnes and supporters of Brit Shalom formed the political party Ihud which also advocated binationalism. See also Arab–Israeli peace projects Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Sectarian conflict in Mandatory Palestine Cultural Zionism One-state solution References External links Official Brit Shalom / Tahalof Essalam web site Politics of Mandatory Palestine Middle East peace efforts Jewish organizations in Mandatory Palestine Organizations established in 1925 1925 establishments in Mandatory Palestine Organizations disestablished in the 1930s 1930s disestablishments in Mandatory Palestine