Ideology and Realpolitik
East German Attitudes towards Zionism and Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12534849 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Angelika Timm (Bar-Ilan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 203-222 |
| Publication date | 2006-02-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Israeli History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1353-1042 • E-ISSN: 1744-0548 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13531040500503039 |
| OpenAlex | W2010663985 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Over several decades, the East German stance towards Israel was marked by condemnation of Zionism, a unilateral position on the Arab-Israeli conflict and denial of reparations and restitution claims. This position had its ideological background in the communist approach to the “Jewish question,” anti-Semitism and nationalism, while the most important criterion in shaping attitudes towards Israel was the incorporation of the German Democratic Republic's Middle East policy into the foreign policy of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. In addition, the East German political elite followed its own political interests when it tried to break through the West German Hallstein doctrine with the help of some Arab countries
Communism · Democracy · Economic history · Elite · Foreign policy · German · Ideology · Judaism · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Zionism · German History and Society · German legal, social, and political studies · History · Law · Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity
| Highly cited | No |
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