Zionism and the Arabs 1882-1948: A Study of Ideology - Hardcover

Gorny, Yosef; Galai, Chaya

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198227213 ISBN 13: 9780198227212

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1987

Synopsis

What are the roots of the Jewish-Arab conflict? How has it developed, and why does it still exist? In this intriguing investigation, Yosef Gorney contends that the ideological principles of Zionism were a decisive influence throughout the period when Jewish settlement began in Palestine and the foundations were laid for the re-establishment of Israeli sovereignty. He begins by identifying four basic attitudes of the Jewish settlers and Zionist leaders toward the Arab population before the First World War, and then shows how these attitudes persisted or changed in the face of subsequent political events--the Balfour declaration, the tension of the thirties, the Second World War, and the holocaust. Tracing in each period the delicate synthesis between politics and ideology, the book reveals the consistency of ideological principles in Zionist attitudes towards the Arabs, despite rapid changes in their political and historical context.

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Language Notes:

Text: English, Hebrew (translation)

Review:

"In this excellent book, Yosef Gorny presents clear and probing analyses of the origins and permutations of Zionist ideology toward the Arabs from 1882 until the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948...Gorny has enriched our historical understanding of Zionism's relationship with the Arabs of Palestine."--American Historical Review

"Objective and well organized; it is a valuable contribution to the knowledge and understanding of the Arab-Israeli conflict...Recommended for upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and informed general readers."--CHOICE

"One of the most important books to be published in recent years on the subject of Israel, Zionism and the Middle East...Gorny has done a superb job of presenting the different and changing Zionist approaches toward Jewish-Arab relations in Palestine, using a vast amount of fascinating primary material."--Association for Israel Studies Newsletter

"Gorny is to be praised for undertaking the daunting task of presenting a comprehensive picture of this painful and yet-unfinished chapter."--Studies in Contemporary Jewry IV

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0198227213
• ISBN 13: 9780198227212
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350