POL 388 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, David Kimche
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Lecture 9: defense: balance between israel, russia, and turkey in syria, mowing the grass article. Small nations: moshe dayam- israel does not have the option of a foreign policy, they can only have a defese policy. Idealist-internationalist- light unto nations : realist-internationalist- appoint us a king like all the nations around us , pessimist-nationalist- a people that dwelleth alone . Petitions made known: czechoslovakia is where israel obtained many of their weapons in their early years, then france in the 50"s, the united states in the 60"s onward. Israeli public discourse is moving rightward while in jewish america, public discourse is moving leftward. Man with a suitcase: david kimche, the point-man for israel"s periphery strategy, level 1: israel forging security relations with turkey, iran, and. Ethiopia to help contain the arab countries within the confrontation zone [50s, 60s, 70s: level 2: israel would create strong ties with the lebanese. Christian communities, the iraqi kurdish communities, and the.