Ideas and Foreign Policy: The Case of the Israeli Likud Party

Reference Code : K8 - 226/ 2

Author: Wurmser Meyrav
Year : 1998
Institution: George Washington University
Research type: Doctorate dissertation
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Examination of the extent and fashion that Hatzohar (Zionist Revisionist) and Herut political ideas influence foreign policy of Likud governments;
Part Two: Revisionist Movement during years 1930 - 1948: Establishment of Etzel;
Resignation from Zionist Organization;
Maximalism in Eretz Israel: Abba Ahimeir and Brit HaBirionim, Yehoshua Heshel Yeivin, Arlosoroff Affair;
Etzel policy from cessation of Policy of Restraint up until revolt against British rule;
Establishment of Herut Movement, leadership of Menachem Begin and his world view, movement's attitude toward the Arab question and toward question of a Greater Eretz Israel;
Likud rise to power, Peace Accord with Egypt and Autonomy Plan;
Likud foreign policy under leadership of Yitzhak Shamir and following signing of Oslo Accord.

Keywords

Irgun Ideology , Brit HaBirionim , Likud Ideology , Oslo Accords , Arab Israeli Conflict , Zionist Organization , Hatzohar Ideology , Jabotinsky Policy , Foreign Policy , Begin Administration , Netanyahu Administration , Shamir Administration , Egyptian Peace Treaty , Arlosoroff Affair , British Mandate , Herut Movement Ideology