Israel's Declaration of Independence : the history and political theory of the nation's founding moment / Neil Rogachevsky, Yeshiva University, Dov Zigler, Independent Scholar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogachevsky, Neil, 1982- author.

Zigler, Dov, 1982- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israel. Hakhrazah ʻal haḳamat Medinat Yiśraʼel.

Israel.

Constitutional history--Israel--20th century.

Constitutional history.

Israel--History--Declaration of Independence, 1948.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 320 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Israel's Declaration of Independence brings to life the debates and decisions at the founding of the state of Israel. Through a presentation of the drafts of Israel's Declaration of Independence in English for the first time, Neil Rogachevsky and Dov Zigler shed new light on the dilemmas of politics, diplomacy, and values faced by Israel's leaders as they charted the path to independence and composed what became modern Israel's most important political text. The stakes began with war, state-building, strategy, and great power politics, and ascended to matters of high principle: freedom, liberty, sovereignty, rights, and religion. Using fast-paced narration of the meetings of Israel's leadership in April and May 1948, this volume tells the astonishing story of the drafting of Israel's Declaration of Independence, enriching and reframing the understanding of Israel's founding and its ideas - and tracing its legacy.

Contents:

Government : the origins of Israel's declaration of independence

Natural rights

From natural rights to labor Zionism : Tzvi Berenson and the legal department draft

International law : Herschel Lauterpacht's drafts

Diplomacy : Moshe Shertok's draft

Politics and law : debating the declaration

Natural and historical right : David Ben-Gurion and Israel's declaration

The laws of Israel and the Declaration of Independence

Conclusion : sovereignty, the Jewish state, and principles of political right.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Dec 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009093156

1009093150

9781009093347

1009093347

9781009090841

1009090844