The Jewish Origins of Israeli Foreign Policy - 9780367887643

Taylor & Francis

The Jewish Origins of Israeli Foreign PolicyA Study in Tradition and Survival\nAuthor(s): Shmuel Sandler\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367887643, 978-0367887643\nSynopsis\nThe conventional understanding of Israeli foreign policy has been that it is a relatively new phenomenon, with some claiming that the Jewish People is an invention by mid-19th century Jewish historians, or simply an imagined community. \n\nThis book disputes these claims by demonstrating that the Jews have a tradition of foreign relations based on an historical political tradition that goes back thousands of years, and that this tradition has been carried over to the State of Israel. The Jewish political tradition in foreign policy has always been defensive-oriented, whether under sovereignty or in the Diaspora. Power has generally been only a means for achieving survival rather than a goal in itself, whereas Jewish national identity has al.