Yechiam Weitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 5897706 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yechiam Weitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yechiam |
| FAMILY NAME | Weitz |
| SIGNATURE | WEITZ Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Reshaping the Political Order in Israel, 1965–1967
This article examines the major changes in the Israeli political arena, on both the left and right, in the two years before the 1967 War. The shift was marked by the establishment in 1965 of the right-wing Gahal (the Herut-Liberal bloc) and of the Labor Alignment, the semi-merger of Israel’s two main left-wing parties, Mapai and Ahdut HaAvodah. Some dissatisfied Mapai members broke away from the Alignment and formed a new party, Rafi, under the l…
The Revisionist Movement and Democracy
This article deals with the attitude of the Revisionist movement towards the idea of democracy. This will be examined by studying the attitude of the central figures of the Revisionist movement to democratic ideology. The first of these is Ze'ev Jabotinsky, founder of the Revisionist movement in 1925 who wished to present a Zionist policy that was different from the formal policy of the Zionist Organization. He adopted the rules of democracy with…
Golda Meir, Israel's Fourth Prime Minister (1969–74)
The article deals with Golda Meir, who was a prominent leader of Israel and the Prime Minister during the Yom Kippur War (1973). Its main points are: Her road towards the national leadership during the “Yishuv” period. Her political role under David Ben-Gurion and Levi Eshkol as Minister of Labor (1949–1956) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1956–1966) Meir as political leader: the way she lead her party and how she was a symbol of the national ag…
The Founding Father and the General
In the Name of Six Million Accusers
The article examines Gideon Hausner's (1915–1990) appointment as attorney-general and later chief prosecutor in the Eichmann trial, his attitude towards the main issues that arose during the trial, his position on the issue of Jewish heroism during the Holocaust, how he became the definitive personification of the trial, and Shmuel Tamir's opposition to the trial
Where's Menachem Begin? - His Disappearance in 1951 and Its Significance
This article deals with the disappearance of Menachem Begin, the leader and the chairman of the Herut movement and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel (1977-1983). He disappeared from the political arena for about half a year: from the defeat of his party in the elections of the Second Knesset (26 July 1951) until the debate in the Knesset about the reparations from West Germany. Four central topics will be discussed: (1) the reasons for his disap…
The Road to the ?Upheaval
I) The formative and high hopes phase (1948-1949): from the establishment of the movement to the Constituent Assembly elections. 2) The slowdown and stoppage phase (1949-1952): from the Constituent Assembly elections to the debate about direct-reparations negotiations with Germany. 3) The ascendancy phase (1952-1955): from the debate over the reparations negotiations to the Third Knesset elections (June 1955). 4) The stagnation phase (1955-1961):…
To fantasy and back
Taking Leave of the 'Founding Father
On Sunday, 16 June 1963, David Ben-Gurion, Israel's Prime Minister and Defense Minister, tendered his resignation to Zalman Shazar, the President of the state. On the face of it, Ben-Gurion's action was a surprise. Unlike his previous resignation, exactly ten years earlier,' the announcement was not preceded by weeks and months of agonizing and consultations, and there was no gap of more than two months between his declaration of intent to resign…
The Debate concerning the role of culture in the state's first years
The Holocaust on Trial
Political dimensions of Holocaust memory in Israel during the 1950s
The end of the beginning
Studies dealing with the first decade of the State of Israel are now at their zenith. During the past several years, books, dissertations and articles have appeared which deal with the crystallization of the new State's rapidly changing form, its foreign and defence policies. There have also been studies dealing with the mass immigration, the State's absorption of Holocaust survivors and its attitude towards them, dilemmas pertaining to the relat…
The Herut Movement and the Kasztner Trial
As a result of accusing Israel Rezsö Kasztner of collaborating with the Nazis during the German occupation of Hungary, Malkiei Gruenwald was prosecuted for libel by the Israeli attorney general in 1954. Popularly referred to as the “Kasztner Trial,” the protracted four-year case became the most important political trial of that decade in Israel, and had a great impact on the Israeli political scene. This article traces the position of the Herut M…
Jewish refugees and Zionist policy during the Holocaust
(1994). Jewish refugees and Zionist policy during the Holocaust. Middle Eastern Studies: Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 351-368
The Holocaust on Trial
Golda Meir, Israel's Fourth Prime Minister (1969–74)
The article deals with Golda Meir, who was a prominent leader of Israel and the Prime Minister during the Yom Kippur War (1973). Its main points are: Her road towards the national leadership during the “Yishuv” period. Her political role under David Ben-Gurion and Levi Eshkol as Minister of Labor (1949–1956) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1956–1966) Meir as political leader: the way she lead her party and how she was a symbol of the national ag…
In the Name of Six Million Accusers
The article examines Gideon Hausner's (1915–1990) appointment as attorney-general and later chief prosecutor in the Eichmann trial, his attitude towards the main issues that arose during the trial, his position on the issue of Jewish heroism during the Holocaust, how he became the definitive personification of the trial, and Shmuel Tamir's opposition to the trial
The Road to the ?Upheaval
I) The formative and high hopes phase (1948-1949): from the establishment of the movement to the Constituent Assembly elections. 2) The slowdown and stoppage phase (1949-1952): from the Constituent Assembly elections to the debate about direct-reparations negotiations with Germany. 3) The ascendancy phase (1952-1955): from the debate over the reparations negotiations to the Third Knesset elections (June 1955). 4) The stagnation phase (1955-1961):…
Political dimensions of Holocaust memory in Israel during the 1950s
Reshaping the Political Order in Israel, 1965–1967
This article examines the major changes in the Israeli political arena, on both the left and right, in the two years before the 1967 War. The shift was marked by the establishment in 1965 of the right-wing Gahal (the Herut-Liberal bloc) and of the Labor Alignment, the semi-merger of Israel’s two main left-wing parties, Mapai and Ahdut HaAvodah. Some dissatisfied Mapai members broke away from the Alignment and formed a new party, Rafi, under the l…
The Revisionist Movement and Democracy
This article deals with the attitude of the Revisionist movement towards the idea of democracy. This will be examined by studying the attitude of the central figures of the Revisionist movement to democratic ideology. The first of these is Ze'ev Jabotinsky, founder of the Revisionist movement in 1925 who wished to present a Zionist policy that was different from the formal policy of the Zionist Organization. He adopted the rules of democracy with…
Jewish refugees and Zionist policy during the Holocaust
(1994). Jewish refugees and Zionist policy during the Holocaust. Middle Eastern Studies: Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 351-368
The Herut Movement and the Kasztner Trial
As a result of accusing Israel Rezsö Kasztner of collaborating with the Nazis during the German occupation of Hungary, Malkiei Gruenwald was prosecuted for libel by the Israeli attorney general in 1954. Popularly referred to as the “Kasztner Trial,” the protracted four-year case became the most important political trial of that decade in Israel, and had a great impact on the Israeli political scene. This article traces the position of the Herut M…
Jewish refugees and Zionist policy during the Holocaust
(1994). Jewish refugees and Zionist policy during the Holocaust. Middle Eastern Studies: Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 351-368
Political dimensions of Holocaust memory in Israel during the 1950s
The end of the beginning
Studies dealing with the first decade of the State of Israel are now at their zenith. During the past several years, books, dissertations and articles have appeared which deal with the crystallization of the new State's rapidly changing form, its foreign and defence policies. There have also been studies dealing with the mass immigration, the State's absorption of Holocaust survivors and its attitude towards them, dilemmas pertaining to the relat…
The Debate concerning the role of culture in the state's first years
The Holocaust on Trial
To fantasy and back
Taking Leave of the 'Founding Father
On Sunday, 16 June 1963, David Ben-Gurion, Israel's Prime Minister and Defense Minister, tendered his resignation to Zalman Shazar, the President of the state. On the face of it, Ben-Gurion's action was a surprise. Unlike his previous resignation, exactly ten years earlier,' the announcement was not preceded by weeks and months of agonizing and consultations, and there was no gap of more than two months between his declaration of intent to resign…
Where's Menachem Begin? - His Disappearance in 1951 and Its Significance
This article deals with the disappearance of Menachem Begin, the leader and the chairman of the Herut movement and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel (1977-1983). He disappeared from the political arena for about half a year: from the defeat of his party in the elections of the Second Knesset (26 July 1951) until the debate in the Knesset about the reparations from West Germany. Four central topics will be discussed: (1) the reasons for his disap…
The Road to the ?Upheaval
I) The formative and high hopes phase (1948-1949): from the establishment of the movement to the Constituent Assembly elections. 2) The slowdown and stoppage phase (1949-1952): from the Constituent Assembly elections to the debate about direct-reparations negotiations with Germany. 3) The ascendancy phase (1952-1955): from the debate over the reparations negotiations to the Third Knesset elections (June 1955). 4) The stagnation phase (1955-1961):…
In the Name of Six Million Accusers
The article examines Gideon Hausner's (1915–1990) appointment as attorney-general and later chief prosecutor in the Eichmann trial, his attitude towards the main issues that arose during the trial, his position on the issue of Jewish heroism during the Holocaust, how he became the definitive personification of the trial, and Shmuel Tamir's opposition to the trial
The Revisionist Movement and Democracy
This article deals with the attitude of the Revisionist movement towards the idea of democracy. This will be examined by studying the attitude of the central figures of the Revisionist movement to democratic ideology. The first of these is Ze'ev Jabotinsky, founder of the Revisionist movement in 1925 who wished to present a Zionist policy that was different from the formal policy of the Zionist Organization. He adopted the rules of democracy with…
Golda Meir, Israel's Fourth Prime Minister (1969–74)
The article deals with Golda Meir, who was a prominent leader of Israel and the Prime Minister during the Yom Kippur War (1973). Its main points are: Her road towards the national leadership during the “Yishuv” period. Her political role under David Ben-Gurion and Levi Eshkol as Minister of Labor (1949–1956) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1956–1966) Meir as political leader: the way she lead her party and how she was a symbol of the national ag…
The Founding Father and the General
Reshaping the Political Order in Israel, 1965–1967
This article examines the major changes in the Israeli political arena, on both the left and right, in the two years before the 1967 War. The shift was marked by the establishment in 1965 of the right-wing Gahal (the Herut-Liberal bloc) and of the Labor Alignment, the semi-merger of Israel’s two main left-wing parties, Mapai and Ahdut HaAvodah. Some dissatisfied Mapai members broke away from the Alignment and formed a new party, Rafi, under the l…
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