Yoav Gelber
Biographic Data
| ID | 5154295 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yoav Gelber |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yoav |
| FAMILY NAME | Gelber |
| SIGNATURE | GELBER Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Was the 1973 war inevitable
The article examines whether the 1973 war was inevitable. It rejects the claim that the war was a ‘war of choice’ that could have been prevented had Golda Meir accepted Egyptian peace proposals in 1971 and 1973. Using mainly American and Egyptian sources, this article proves that Egypt never offered a genuine peace proposal, but rather sought to save the huge casualties involved in crossing the Suez Canal on the first occasion and presented an ul…
From underdog to occupier: Israel’s tarnished image
The purpose of this article is to show that most problems that Israel has faced in the public opinion domain in recent decades were evident already in the wake of the Six Day War. Israel either ignored or miscomprehended their significance. While it has become a struggle over the consciousness of the world in general, and the younger generations in Israel and abroad in particular, Israel treated it as a problem of internal and external ‘Hasbara’ …
Why There Is No Solution to the Palestinian Arab-Jewish Conflict
Why There Is No Solution to the Palestinian Arab-Jewish Conflict Yoav Gelber (bio) The Arab-Jewish conflict resembles a multi-story building. The foundation, deep in the ground, is Muslim perception of Jews as believers of a common religion and not as members of the same nation. The construction of the first floor began with the Zionist migration to the Land of Israel in the late nineteenth century. From the local Arabs’ viewpoint, a religion doe…
Israel's policy towards its Arab minority, 1947–1950
In the absence of preconceived strategies – despite several pre-state attempts to prepare blueprints for tackling the Arab problem – Israel's early Arab policy was shaped in a process of trial and error, fluctuating between ideological aspirations and good intentions (or wishful thinking) and the needs on the ground: the 1948 war and its consequences, the wide-open borders and regular infiltration, and the fear of a second comprehensive war with …
Major Farran's Hat: The Untold Story of the Struggle to Establish the Jewish State
Major Farran's Hat: The Untold Story of the Struggle to Establish the Jewish State." , 29(2), pp. 233–234
Palestine 1948, 2nd Edition: War, Escape and the Emergence of the Palestinian Refugee Problem
Palestine 1948: War, Escape and the Emergence of the Palestinian Refugee Problem
The status of Zionist and Israeli history in Israeli universities
(2001). The status of Zionist and Israeli history in Israeli universities. Journal of Israeli History: Vol. 20, Israeli Historical Revisionism: From Left to Right, pp. 121-154
Druze and Jews in the war of 1948
of the Second World War. Embracing Jabal Druze, they were part of the Jewish Agency's attempts at cultivating contacts with Middle Eastern minority groups. This policy ventured to balance Arab hostility through a friendly 'minorities block', but these groups were rivals and too weak to meet the Agency's expectations.' The Arab-Jewish tension in Palestine calmed down after 1942. Simultaneously, frictions between the Yishuv and the Palestine Govern…
Jewish'Arab talks during the war of independence
The Jewish agency, the Amir Abdullah and the peel commission partition plan
(1994). The Jewish agency, the Amir Abdullah and the peel commission partition plan. Journal of Israeli History: Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 17-51
The Historical Role of the Central European Immigration to Israel
Journal Article The Historical Role of the Central European Immigration to Israel Get access Yoav Gelber Yoav Gelber Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Leo Baeck Institute Year Book, Volume 38, Issue 1, January 1993, Pages 323–339, https://doi.org/10.1093/leobaeck/38.1.323 Published: 01 January 1993
Antecedents of the Jewish‐Druze alliance in Palestine
Ever since the revival of the Jewish settlement in Palestine, connections between Jewish colonies and the adjacent Druze villages had developed on the local level. Country-wide and institutionalized Jewish-Druze dialogue commenced, however, only in 1930, following the establishment of the 'Joint Bureau for Arab Affairs' by the Jewish Agency and the Jewish National Council. The Joint Bureau was responsible for encouraging Jewish-Arab relations, an…
Zionist policy and the fate of European Jewry, 1943–1944
(1983). Zionist policy and the fate of European Jewry, 1943–1944. Studies in Zionism: Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 133-167.
Druze and Jews in the war of 1948
of the Second World War. Embracing Jabal Druze, they were part of the Jewish Agency's attempts at cultivating contacts with Middle Eastern minority groups. This policy ventured to balance Arab hostility through a friendly 'minorities block', but these groups were rivals and too weak to meet the Agency's expectations.' The Arab-Jewish tension in Palestine calmed down after 1942. Simultaneously, frictions between the Yishuv and the Palestine Govern…
Antecedents of the Jewish‐Druze alliance in Palestine
Ever since the revival of the Jewish settlement in Palestine, connections between Jewish colonies and the adjacent Druze villages had developed on the local level. Country-wide and institutionalized Jewish-Druze dialogue commenced, however, only in 1930, following the establishment of the 'Joint Bureau for Arab Affairs' by the Jewish Agency and the Jewish National Council. The Joint Bureau was responsible for encouraging Jewish-Arab relations, an…
Why There Is No Solution to the Palestinian Arab-Jewish Conflict
Why There Is No Solution to the Palestinian Arab-Jewish Conflict Yoav Gelber (bio) The Arab-Jewish conflict resembles a multi-story building. The foundation, deep in the ground, is Muslim perception of Jews as believers of a common religion and not as members of the same nation. The construction of the first floor began with the Zionist migration to the Land of Israel in the late nineteenth century. From the local Arabs’ viewpoint, a religion doe…
Israel's policy towards its Arab minority, 1947–1950
In the absence of preconceived strategies – despite several pre-state attempts to prepare blueprints for tackling the Arab problem – Israel's early Arab policy was shaped in a process of trial and error, fluctuating between ideological aspirations and good intentions (or wishful thinking) and the needs on the ground: the 1948 war and its consequences, the wide-open borders and regular infiltration, and the fear of a second comprehensive war with …
Zionist policy and the fate of European Jewry, 1943–1944
(1983). Zionist policy and the fate of European Jewry, 1943–1944. Studies in Zionism: Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 133-167.
Antecedents of the Jewish‐Druze alliance in Palestine
Ever since the revival of the Jewish settlement in Palestine, connections between Jewish colonies and the adjacent Druze villages had developed on the local level. Country-wide and institutionalized Jewish-Druze dialogue commenced, however, only in 1930, following the establishment of the 'Joint Bureau for Arab Affairs' by the Jewish Agency and the Jewish National Council. The Joint Bureau was responsible for encouraging Jewish-Arab relations, an…
The Historical Role of the Central European Immigration to Israel
Journal Article The Historical Role of the Central European Immigration to Israel Get access Yoav Gelber Yoav Gelber Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Leo Baeck Institute Year Book, Volume 38, Issue 1, January 1993, Pages 323–339, https://doi.org/10.1093/leobaeck/38.1.323 Published: 01 January 1993
Jewish'Arab talks during the war of independence
The Jewish agency, the Amir Abdullah and the peel commission partition plan
(1994). The Jewish agency, the Amir Abdullah and the peel commission partition plan. Journal of Israeli History: Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 17-51
Druze and Jews in the war of 1948
of the Second World War. Embracing Jabal Druze, they were part of the Jewish Agency's attempts at cultivating contacts with Middle Eastern minority groups. This policy ventured to balance Arab hostility through a friendly 'minorities block', but these groups were rivals and too weak to meet the Agency's expectations.' The Arab-Jewish tension in Palestine calmed down after 1942. Simultaneously, frictions between the Yishuv and the Palestine Govern…
Palestine 1948: War, Escape and the Emergence of the Palestinian Refugee Problem
The status of Zionist and Israeli history in Israeli universities
(2001). The status of Zionist and Israeli history in Israeli universities. Journal of Israeli History: Vol. 20, Israeli Historical Revisionism: From Left to Right, pp. 121-154
Palestine 1948, 2nd Edition: War, Escape and the Emergence of the Palestinian Refugee Problem
Major Farran's Hat: The Untold Story of the Struggle to Establish the Jewish State
Major Farran's Hat: The Untold Story of the Struggle to Establish the Jewish State." , 29(2), pp. 233–234
Israel's policy towards its Arab minority, 1947–1950
In the absence of preconceived strategies – despite several pre-state attempts to prepare blueprints for tackling the Arab problem – Israel's early Arab policy was shaped in a process of trial and error, fluctuating between ideological aspirations and good intentions (or wishful thinking) and the needs on the ground: the 1948 war and its consequences, the wide-open borders and regular infiltration, and the fear of a second comprehensive war with …
Why There Is No Solution to the Palestinian Arab-Jewish Conflict
Why There Is No Solution to the Palestinian Arab-Jewish Conflict Yoav Gelber (bio) The Arab-Jewish conflict resembles a multi-story building. The foundation, deep in the ground, is Muslim perception of Jews as believers of a common religion and not as members of the same nation. The construction of the first floor began with the Zionist migration to the Land of Israel in the late nineteenth century. From the local Arabs’ viewpoint, a religion doe…
From underdog to occupier: Israel’s tarnished image
The purpose of this article is to show that most problems that Israel has faced in the public opinion domain in recent decades were evident already in the wake of the Six Day War. Israel either ignored or miscomprehended their significance. While it has become a struggle over the consciousness of the world in general, and the younger generations in Israel and abroad in particular, Israel treated it as a problem of internal and external ‘Hasbara’ …
Was the 1973 war inevitable
The article examines whether the 1973 war was inevitable. It rejects the claim that the war was a ‘war of choice’ that could have been prevented had Golda Meir accepted Egyptian peace proposals in 1971 and 1973. Using mainly American and Egyptian sources, this article proves that Egypt never offered a genuine peace proposal, but rather sought to save the huge casualties involved in crossing the Suez Canal on the first occasion and presented an ul…
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (13 works) · History (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Ancient history (9 works) · History (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Judaism (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Palestine (6 works)