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.
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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