New Zionism and the Foreign Policy System of Israel

323 Pages·2015·12.55 MB·English

by  Ofira Seliktar

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ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
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NEW ZIONISM AND THE FOREIGN
POLICY SYSTEM OF ISRAEL
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NEW ZIONISM AND THE FOREIGN
POLICY SYSTEM OF ISRAEL
OFIRA SELIKTAR
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New Zionism and the
Foreign Policy
System of Israel
Ofira Seliktar
y
CROOM HELM
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© 1986 Ofira Seliktar
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Seliktar, Ofira
New Zionism and the foreign policy system of Israel.
1. Zionism 2.Israel--Foreign relations
I. Title
327.5694 DS119.6
ISBN 0--7099-3341-X
This book is Number 4 of MERI Special Studies series. Other
books in this series may be obtained from:
Middle East Research Institute
University of Pennsylvania
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Written under the auspices
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University of Pennsylvania
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To my family which perished in the Holocaust and to my
sons, Yaron and Dror, who provide the continuity.
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CONTENTS
List of Tables
Preface
1. Framework of Analysis: Identifying a Society's
Changing Belief System 1
Part One
2. Jewish Belief Systems in Perspective: Traditional and
Zionist Ideologies 41
3. The Evolution of New Zionism 74
Part Two
4. The Delegitimisation of Socialist Zionism: The Domestic
Politics of a Nation in the Making 115
5. Foreign Policy and Delegitimisation: Socialist Zionism
in the Aftermath of the Six-day War 154
6. The Process of Transvaluation: Changing Patterns of
Political Culture and Foreign Policy 188
Part Three
7. New Zionism and Models of Foreign Policy Conduct: The
Application of the Idealistic-initiating Model to the
Foreign Policy of Likud 219
8. Changes in the New Zionist Belief System in the
Aftermath of the Lebanon War 242
9. Conclusions 268
Appendix: The Decision to Invade Lebanon:
Chronological Survey 275
Bibliography 287
Index 305