1st Edition

The Harp and the Shield of David Ireland, Zionism and the State of Israel

By Shulamit Eliash Copyright 2007
288 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

Eliash examines the relationship between Ireland and the Zionist movement, and the state of Israel from the context of Palestine’s partition and the delay in Ireland’s recognition of the State of Israel until 1963. Analyzing the Irish attitude to the partition of Palestine through an analogy with that of Ireland, this engaging text compares both the Irish and Zionist views on... Read more

Introduction  Part 1: Ireland and Zionism: 1937-1947  1. From Partition to Partition  2. Rabbi Herzog, de Valera and Jewish Rescue  Part 2: Ireland and the State of Israel: 1948-1963  3. De Facto Recognition of Israel by Ireland  4. From De Facto to De Jure.  Conclusion 

Biography

Shulamit Eliash is a senior lecturer at the History Department of Bar Ilan University, Israel.