A. B. Magil

Israel in Crisis


First Published: 1950.
Transcription, Editing and Markup: Paul Saba
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CONTENTS

PREFACE

MEET THE PEOPLE

Jews as Israelis
The liberation war
The land

BIRTH AND AFTERBIRTH

The U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R.
Fight for life

COCKPIT OF EMPIRE

Oil and strategy

THE JEWS: ZIONIST PREMISE

People and nation
The nature of Zionism
Zionism and national struggle

THE ARABS: COUNTER-PREMISE

The Arab-Jewish conflict

ECONOMIC FACT AND FANCY

The growth of industry
Labor enterprise
Is it socialism?

THE MASTER IS NOT AT HOME

Foreign investments
American capital

PARTIES AND POLITICS

Party anatomy
The workers' parties

GOVERNMENT “WEST OF CENTER”

Foreign policy
Arab policy
Immigration and domestic policy

LABOR: STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS

The Jewish working class
Arab labor

THE WORLD OF ISRAEL

Citizen soldiers Women of Israel Religion
Education
Minority Jews

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

The other choice
Changing relations
Social-Democracy and socialism
The Arab world
Israel and world Jewry
Israel and Zionism
What lies ahead

REFERENCE NOTES

GLOSSARY