Minorities in the Israeli Military, 1948-58 Geller Randall S. Pevná vazba
This will be the first study to explore the attitudes and policies on all sides of the majority/minority divide in Israel during the state's formative decade, and how the social, political, and…
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This will be the first study to explore the attitudes and policies on all sides of the majority/minority divide in Israel during the state's formative decade, and how the social, political, and strategic decisions made vis- -vis the non-Jewish populations then continue to impact this unique Middle Eastern state today. While land, labor, and settlement policies, or the educational, legal, or political systems could have been used to explore majority-minority relations in Israel between 1948-1958, I have chosen to do so through the prism of the army - in theory, the state's most unifying social institution. The central questions investigated in this study are; how did the leadership of the Jewish majority balance its declared commitment to the state's democratic ideals and the principle of equality on the one hand, and its commitment to creating a Jewish state and ensuring its security on