1 / 18

Israel in the 50s and 60s

Israel in the 50s and 60s. Radical discontinuity. 1948 as a defining moment Sovereignty as internal control Sovereignty as external definition. State and economy. State owned the railway system, postal service, telephone and television systems

ramona
Télécharger la présentation

Israel in the 50s and 60s

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Israel in the 50s and 60s

  2. Radical discontinuity • 1948 as a defining moment • Sovereignty as internal control • Sovereignty as external definition

  3. State and economy • State owned the railway system, postal service, telephone and television systems • State owned as much as 50% of companies in oil, petrochemical, and defense products • More heavily engaged in agriculture than in industry • “European” country where taxes=40% of GDP

  4. Development • Rapid population growth in the cities • Increased water consumption from 230 million meters3 to 1900 million meters3

  5. Jerusalem c. 1900

  6. Jerusalem today

  7. Conflict over water • Sources of Jordan : Israel, Lebanon and Jordan • Lake Tiberias only overyear storage site • If it is within Israel’s sovereignty

  8. 1964 • Clash at Dan headwaters • Diversion of water from the Hasbani to the Banias river

  9. Water and sovereignty • Conflict over the use of the Jordan directly and indirectly between 1964-1967 • Could Syria build a diversion canal on the Yarmouk? • Could Israel prevent the canal and dam? • The battle for air supremacy

  10. On the Egyptian front • After 1956 UN Forces were stationed on Egyptian territory • Israel had “innocent passage” through Aqaba • Inter-Arab conflict induced Nasser to remove UN troops, re-instate the blockade and prepare for war with Israel

  11. Israeli strategic concerns • Better to strike first • Preference to weaken Egypt • Recognition that the US had become the dominant power in the world

  12. National Unity • In May 1967 Revisionists join the government • Capture of East Jerusalem and collapse of the Arab armies = euphoria

  13. Back to the beginning? • Israel now controlled all of the Mandate but with the large Palestinian population • Would be plausible to “re-play” the 30s? • A far more diverse Jewish society had replaced the Zionist movement • Integration of Israel into a global economy required economic change

  14. The emergence of “Likud” • Begin as electoral leader • The Mizrahim search for power • The Labor Old Guard exhausts itself

More Related