Czechoslovak Support for the Founding of Israel in the Late 1940s: the Myth of Everlasting Friendship?

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/1888" target="_blank" >https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/1888</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32422/cjir.1888" target="_blank" >10.32422/cjir.1888</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Czechoslovak Support for the Founding of Israel in the Late 1940s: the Myth of Everlasting Friendship?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The war between Israel and Hamas that began in October 2023 deeply polarized public and political opinion worldwide. In contrast to many EU countries, the Czech Republic adopted a position of unwavering support for Israel, referencing their shared values and long-standing friendship grounded in the historical ties between the Czech and Jewish peoples. This article explores this narrative by examining the commonly cited example of Czechoslovakia's support for the establishment of Israel in the late 1940s, which included providing arms supplies, military training, and diplomatic backup. However, such ref lections on history often overlook important international and domestic factors of the time, including the Eastern Bloc’s efforts to expand communism into the newly decolonized Third World countries and its pursuit of financial gain. As a result, Czechoslovakia’s pro-Israeli position during the Cold War was short-lived, and was quickly reversed when the political circumstances changed. Ignoring these facts leads to distorted historical interpretations and even the development of some historical myths.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Czechoslovak Support for the Founding of Israel in the Late 1940s: the Myth of Everlasting Friendship?

Popis výsledku anglicky

The war between Israel and Hamas that began in October 2023 deeply polarized public and political opinion worldwide. In contrast to many EU countries, the Czech Republic adopted a position of unwavering support for Israel, referencing their shared values and long-standing friendship grounded in the historical ties between the Czech and Jewish peoples. This article explores this narrative by examining the commonly cited example of Czechoslovakia's support for the establishment of Israel in the late 1940s, which included providing arms supplies, military training, and diplomatic backup. However, such ref lections on history often overlook important international and domestic factors of the time, including the Eastern Bloc’s efforts to expand communism into the newly decolonized Third World countries and its pursuit of financial gain. As a result, Czechoslovakia’s pro-Israeli position during the Cold War was short-lived, and was quickly reversed when the political circumstances changed. Ignoring these facts leads to distorted historical interpretations and even the development of some historical myths.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

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

<a href="/cs/project/GA23-05300S" target="_blank" >GA23-05300S: Československá diplomacie a arabsko-izraelský konflikt v letech 1948-1989</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Czech Journal of International Relations

ISSN

2788-2985

e-ISSN

2788-2993

Svazek periodika

60

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

119-130

Kód UT WoS článku

001590239300004

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105013127011