Itzhak Galnoor 
The Partition of Palestine [PDF ebook] 
Decision Crossroads in the Zionist Movement

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Some seventy-five years after the boundaries of the British Mandate for Palestine were set, the State of Israel still lacks a defined territory and agreed-upon boundaries, except for its boundary with Egypt. This book examines this unusual situation, concentrating especially on the perceptions of territory and boundaries within the Zionist movement.

Galnoor discusses the period from the first territorial decision in 1919 up to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, placing special emphasis on the relatively unknown Zionist, Palestinian, and Arab positions regarding territorial partition in 1937. And he argues that although dramatic changes have occurred in the international and regional arena, the partners to the conflict, the security considerations, and the international dilemmas, the 1937 decision contained the parameters of the choices that have confronted Arab and Israeli leaders ever since. His findings are of direct relevance to the ongoing Arab-Israeli peace negotiations, which once again revolve around the trade-off between national goals and territorial aspirations.

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Table des matières

Illustrations

Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One. State, Territory, and Boundaries: A General Discussion

Territorial Behavior

The Roles of Territory

Territory and the State

Territory and the Nation-State

Geopolitics and International Relations

Boundaries

Territorial Decisions

Chapter Two. The Background

Boundaries of Palestine (E.I.)

Establishment of the Royal Commission: External Events

Establishment of the Royal Commission: Internal Events

Chronology of Main Events

Chapter Three. The Predecision Phase

Jewish Testimony Before the Royal Commission

El-Husseini’s Testimony Before the Royal Commission

Zionist Attempts to Influence the Commission’s Report

The Internal Debate Before Publication of the Report

Recommendations of the Royal Commission

Chapter Four. Choice Analysis

Main Choices

Positions at the Decision Crossroad, 1937

The Arguments

Chapter Five. Predecision Positions

Initial Reactions to the Report

Division Within the Labor Parties and the Left

Division Within the Center and the Right Parties

Division Within the Religious and Ultra-Orthodox Parties

Additional Positions

Positions on the Eve of the Decision

Chapter Six. The Opponents

Opposing the State

Statehood: The Question of Timing

Sovereignty, Yes; Partition, No

Summary of the Opponents’ Positions

Chapter Seven. The Undecided

Extent of Territory

Boundaries and Security

Demography and the Question of ‘Transfer’

Territories for Peace

Chapter Eight. The Proponents

Partition Without Preconditions

Partition as the ‘Right’ Solution

Total Support

Summary of the Proponents’ Positions

Chapter Nine. The Decision

The Main Resolutions

The Opposition

The Decision-Making Process

The Decision: Instrumental Pragmatism

In the Wake of the 1937 Decision

Chapter Ten. 1937 and Its Aftermath

Land and Settlement Policy: 1936-1939

The ‘Arab Question’ in the Zionist Decision

State, Territory, and Boundaries: The Meaning of the 1937 Decision

Territorial Decisions

Chapter Eleven. Territorial Decisions in the Zionist Movement (1919-1949)

1919

1937

1947

Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Archives

Index

A propos de l’auteur

Itzhak Galnoor is Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and editor of the Eshkolot Library, a book series on society and politics in Israel. He was awarded the Naftali Prize in Social Sciences in 1987 for his book Steering the Polity—Communications and Politics in Israel.

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