chelouche was fluent in arabic, and the language helped him in many times to play the role of a mediator between the jewish and arab inhabitants of tel aviv and jaffa and to bring them together. thanks to the friendly relationship he made with the leaders of the arab populace he could find an attentive ear among them during times of peace as well as incidents and tension. as a member of hamagen association, chelouche had made many efforts, even before world war i, to convince, through essays published in arab newspapers and meeting with arab public figures, that there is no inherent conflict of interests between the jewish settlement in palestine and the arab aspirations regarding the same territory. after the war, when the national conflict between arabs and jews became explicit and violent, chelouche tried his best to offer both jews and arabs with a different perspective on their inevitable mutual life, although his views had become more and more unpopular.