New Zionism and the Foreign Policy System of Israel (RLE Isra... - 9781138907263

Name: New Zionism and the Foreign Policy System of Israel (RLE Isra... - 9781138907263
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The invasion of Lebanon was the culmination of an extraordinary change which New Zionism created in Israel\u2019s foreign policy system. This book, first published in 1986, examines how New Zionism came to dominate Israeli politics and it investigates the implications of this new ideology for the future of the Middle East. The author agrees that after the creation of the State of Israel, the belief system of the evolving society gradually changed. After the Six-Day War the ideology of Socialist Zionism became increasingly discredited and replaced by the New Zionist quest for Eretz Israel. Hardened by the harsh experience of the continuing Arab-Israeli conflict and enhanced by the threatening image of the enemy, the political culture in Israel became less tolerant and more receptive to the language of New Zionism. As a result, Begin\u2019s Likud came to power in 1977 and quickly changed the whole basis of Israel\u2019s foreign policy. Instead of the cautious pragmatism of Socialist Zi.