Abstract
Israel had no aspirations for territorial expansion when the Six Day War broke out. Nine days after the fighting ceased, the government decided that in return for peace Israel would be ready to relinquish the Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula. The situation regarding the West Bank was different. The symbolic meaning of Israeli rule over that area, so steeped in biblical associations, changed Israeli political mentality and created a major policy predicament. Messianic euphoria, expressions of a new religiosity and a secular political theology emerged, creating a barrier to trading territories for peace. Viewing the Six Day War as a fulfillment of redemptive prophecies led a growing part of Israeli society and their opinion leaders to fix policy objectives in the light of those prophecies, and to abandon the instrumental approach to policy that had previously characterized Israeli decision making.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 229-250 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | International Journal of Phytoremediation |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2005 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Chemistry
- Pollution
- Plant Science