Israeli Polity and the European Powers during the 1950s: Democracy as a Tool in Fostering Bilateral Ties?

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Israeli Polity and the European Powers during the 1950s: Democracy as a Tool in Fostering Bilateral Ties?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Isolated in its immediate geopolitical environment, Israel started to approach the Western powers soon after its creation to request assistance of all kinds. One of the few arguments available to the Jewish state to persuade the West of its soundness as a partner was that of its adherence to parliamentary democracy. For much of the 1950s, Israeli leaders and diplomats did their best to present Israel abroad as a “real democracy” and an outpost of the free world in the Middle East. Strategic reservations regarding any closer ties with the Jewish state were shared by all of the three Western diplomacies at the time. However, the British and the French were far more inclined to criticism concerning the nature of early Israeli polity. While Israel’s ideological resilience towards Soviet penetration was appreciated, numerous aspects of the young state were seen as problematic. Both considered that Mapai and the Histadrut were running a parallel state of their own. The relationships inside the microcosm of Jewish identities were interpreted as anything but idyllic. The evidence gathered by diplomats working on the spot raised concerns not only about the comportment of the top echelons of the state, but also about the “real” (or inclusive) character of Israeli democracy as a whole.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Israeli Polity and the European Powers during the 1950s: Democracy as a Tool in Fostering Bilateral Ties?

Popis výsledku anglicky

Isolated in its immediate geopolitical environment, Israel started to approach the Western powers soon after its creation to request assistance of all kinds. One of the few arguments available to the Jewish state to persuade the West of its soundness as a partner was that of its adherence to parliamentary democracy. For much of the 1950s, Israeli leaders and diplomats did their best to present Israel abroad as a “real democracy” and an outpost of the free world in the Middle East. Strategic reservations regarding any closer ties with the Jewish state were shared by all of the three Western diplomacies at the time. However, the British and the French were far more inclined to criticism concerning the nature of early Israeli polity. While Israel’s ideological resilience towards Soviet penetration was appreciated, numerous aspects of the young state were seen as problematic. Both considered that Mapai and the Histadrut were running a parallel state of their own. The relationships inside the microcosm of Jewish identities were interpreted as anything but idyllic. The evidence gathered by diplomats working on the spot raised concerns not only about the comportment of the top echelons of the state, but also about the “real” (or inclusive) character of Israeli democracy as a whole.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

West Bohemian Historical Review

ISSN

1804-5480

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

9

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

167-189

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85087844950