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Zionism

Zionism. Cultural Synthetic Socialist. Cultural Zionism: Ahad Ha am. „ The Truth from Eretz Israe l“ Necessity of cultural and spiritual renascence in the Diaspora prior to aliya Necessity to confront the Arab problem „ The Jewish State and the Jewish Problem “.

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Zionism

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  1. Zionism Cultural Synthetic Socialist

  2. Cultural Zionism: Ahad Ha am • „The Truth from Eretz Israel“ • Necessity of cultural and spiritual renascence in the Diaspora prior to aliya • Necessity to confront the Arab problem • „The Jewish State and the Jewish Problem“

  3. Synthetic Zionism: Chaim Weizman • Diplomacy+ colonization+ education (culture) • 1917 Balfour Declaration • 1920 Prezident of the WZO • 1949 1st president of Israel= honor

  4. Socialist Zionism • Nachman Syrkin • Antisemitism is produced by economy crisis • Wants to reconcile socialism and Jewish nationalism – Zionism is in its nature socialist – aims to create a NEW SOCIETY

  5. Socialist Zionism Poalei Zion (Workers of Zion) Hapoel Hatzair (The Young Worker) Aharon David Gordon „religion of labor“ Labor Zionist party • Ber Borochov • Immigration to Palestine: active creation of a NEW SOCIETY • Marxist Zionist Party - World Union • split in 1920 • L – Jew. Communist Part • R – non marxist – soc.dem. – merged with socialists led by David ben Gurion

  6. Socialist Zionism Poalei Zion (Workers of Zion) Hapoel Hatzair (The Young Worker) Labor Zionist party • Marxist Zionist Party • 1920 merged with socialists led by David ben Gurion • Merged in 1930 = MAPAI : Land of Israel Workers Party

  7. Socialist Zionism • David Ben Gurion • 1930´s : Labor Zionism becomes dominant in the WZO (x Synthetic Zionism of Weizman) • Proclaims independence if Israel on May 14 1948 – 1st Prime Minister • SOCIALIST ZIONISM= REDEMPTION OF AM ISRAEL • Vital importance of social & economic infrastructure: Istrael can be self-supporting

  8. Socialist Zionism • David Ben Gurion • Outbreak of WWII – views changed : Israel will always need support • Rejected positionsof the extreme left and extreme right towards the Britain: • „Let us fight against Hitler as if we have no differences with the British, and let us continue our political struggle against Britain as if there were no war against Hitler.“

  9. Socialist Zionism • David Ben Gurion • After 1948 similarly on the USA and Israel: • „American assistance to Israel is the outcome of the sympathy of the American people toward us, and only we shall know how to maintain relations of friendship and trust between ourselves and the American people will be able to rely, more or less, on the support of the American government. [...] Let us not fool ourselves in thinking that America ever identified of will ever identify in the future with the State of Israel“.

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