CAS IR 350 Lecture 8: IR350
19 Feb 2019
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The Troublesome Middle East
Captain Alfred Dreyfus, 1859-1935:
- He was an officer of the French army
- He was later charged for espionage with Germany
- He was Jewish and therefore, the French officer could say that he was not a real
Frenchman
- Triggered anti-Semitic outrages and divided the French society
Theodor Herzl one of the founders of the Zionist movement. At the age of 34 he watched in
Paris the trail of Captain Dreyfus and the anti-Semitic campaigns that swept throughout France.
When the Ottoman Empire ceased the exist in 1917, Palestine was taken over by GB. The British
issues the so-called Balfour Declaration that expressed support for the idea of establishing a
Jewish State in the area. Armed struggles between the Arabs and the Jews became common by
1929.
The Balfour Declaration gave a huge impetus to the Zionist Movement because they basically
said that if you want to move to Palestine, Israel it would be fine.
David Ben-Gurion 1886-1973:
The British departure from Israel and Israeli sovereignty is declared in 1948.
President Truman granted American recognition. Soviet Union fully supported Israel because it
believed it would eventually evolve into an outpost of Socialism if not Communism in the
Middle East. Because much of the Zionist ideology was deeply anchored in Socialism.
On May 15 1948, the new state was attacked by Egypt, Transjordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq.
Neither Washington nor Moscow knew what to think and each had different expectations.
Israeli’s needed weapons and they had to buy it in the black market in New York. Israeli’s
opened secret offices around the world and started buying these weapons. This shifted
American opinion a little however, Truman still supported Israel but Department of State did
not.
However, Israel was not ready to become anyone’s puppet. So, Stalin reacted much more
aggressively than US did. From being an all-out supporter of Israel, he became a sworn enemy
and he started preparing to carry out a major anti-Semitic purge during the end.
In 1950, he proceeded to organize a number of show-trials in Warsaw, Budapest and Prague
and all the targets were Jewish. Many of whom had been loyal to Stalin but they were still
tortured to confess being American Spies or Zionists. Lasted from late 1949 to about the end of
Stalin’s life. This was a signal to the middle eastern countries that he was no longer a supporter
or Israel and was now open to ally with Egypt.
Document Summary
He was an officer of the french army. He was later charged for espionage with germany. He was jewish and therefore, the french officer could say that he was not a real. Triggered anti-semitic outrages and divided the french society. Theodor herzl one of the founders of the zionist movement. At the age of 34 he watched in. Paris the trail of captain dreyfus and the anti-semitic campaigns that swept throughout france. When the ottoman empire ceased the exist in 1917, palestine was taken over by gb. The british issues the so-called balfour declaration that expressed support for the idea of establishing a. Armed struggles between the arabs and the jews became common by. The balfour declaration gave a huge impetus to the zionist movement because they basically said that if you want to move to palestine, israel it would be fine. The british departure from israel and israeli sovereignty is declared in 1948.
