Rogachevsky / Zigler Israel's Declaration of Independence

The History and Political Theory of the Nation's Founding Moment
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-009-09334-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Israel's Declaration of Independence brings to life the debates and decisions at the founding of the state of Israel. Through a presentation of the drafts of Israel's Declaration of Independence in English for the first time, Neil Rogachevsky and Dov Zigler shed new light on the dilemmas of politics, diplomacy, and values faced by Israel's leaders as they charted the path to independence and composed what became modern Israel's most important political text. The stakes began with war, state-building, strategy, and great power politics, and ascended to matters of high principle: freedom, liberty, sovereignty, rights, and religion. Using fast-paced narration of the meetings of Israel's leadership in April and May 1948, this volume tells the astonishing story of the drafting of Israel's Declaration of Independence, enriching and reframing the understanding of Israel's founding and its ideas - and tracing its legacy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rogachevsky, Neil

Zigler, Dov

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Natural rights; 2. From natural rights to labor Zionism: Tzvi Berenson and the legal department's draft; 3. International law: Herschel Lauterpacht's draft; 4. Diplomacy: Moshe Shertok's draft; 5. Politics and law: debating the declaration; 6. Natural and historical right: David Ben-Gurion and Israel's Declaration; 7. The laws of Israel and the declaration of independence; Conclusion: sovereignty, the Jewish state, and principles of political right.

Über Autor(innen)

Rogachevsky, Neil
Neil Rogachevsky is clinical assistant professor and associate director at the Straus Center of Yeshiva University, where he teaches Israel studies and political thought. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Tablet, Mosaic, Jewish Review of Books, American Affairs, Ha'aretz and other publications.

Zigler, Dov
Dov Zigler is an independent scholar and an economics researcher at Element Capital in New York.