POL 388 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Moshe Sharett, Misnagdim, Shtetl

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 388
• Professor: Bradford McQuinn

Document Summary

Lecture 13: sharett years: 1950s is decade of transition for israel: new state to a consolidated proposition. Labor party (mapai party) continued to dominate controlled by egypt at that time: currently, hamas dominant political force in self-governing gaza; so now israel & egypt actually cooperating to moderate hamas. Life in gaza hard: densely populated, few services (food, water, etc. hard to get: moshe sharett has alternate view than b. g on palestinian/arab issue. Shlaim wrote article that frames moshe sharett"s perspective vs. b. g: moshe sharett was israel"s 2nd pm, shortly, & was b. g. Leslau wrote on sharett & israeli military intelligence org. ; there were divisions within military intelligence org about palestinians & egypt concerns. In wwii, france occupied but charles de gaulle also led free france, eventually becomes leader after. France had series of unstable govts after charles de gaulle stepped aside: what was very important was relationship between france & israel in 1950s; political connections, cultural connections, etc.