The London Agreements (Hebrew: הסכמי לונדון) are a series of agreements signed between the Zionist Labor leader, David Ben-Gurion, and the leader of the Zionist Revisionist movement, Zeev Jabotinsky, on 26 October 1934 as part of an attempt to reconcile and bridge the gaps between the two movements in the early 1930s.[1][2][3] The agreements were signed in London, England, and were mediated by Pinhas Rutenberg[4] during 16 meetings that were held between Ben-Gurion and Jabotinsky over a period of a month. After years of severe violence and rivalry between the two movements in the Jewish community it was the high point of rapprochement between the two movements and their leaders in an attempt to heal the rift in the Zionist movement. In the winter of 1935, the agreement was rejected in a referendum carried out by the Labor Federation.[1]

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  1. 1 2 "October 26, 1934 Agreement Signed in London Between Labor and Revisionist Movements". cojs.org. Center for Online Judaic Studies. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Jabotinsky and Ben-Gurion Meeting in London". israeled.org. Center for Israel Education. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "ZIONIST LEADERS SIGN PEACE PACT; Agreement Designed to End Riotous Outbreaks Among Various Jewish Groups". New York Times. 28 October 1934. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Pinḥas Rutenberg". jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 10 December 2022.


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