New Statesman and its Attitude toward the State of Israel, 1948-2012
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'New Statesman', Europe–Israel relations, Europe–Zionist Movement relations, Intellectual thought regarding, Intellectual thought regarding antisemitismAbstract
New Statesman is a periodical of intellectuals with a progressive social outlook in England, appearing continually for over a hundred years. It was founded in 1913 by a group of famous personalities of liberal social-democratic view; the most renowned among them at the time were Beatrice and Sidney Webb and the writer George Bernard Shaw.
From the beginning until nowadays the New Statesman has shown interest in Jewish society – first in Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe to England, then in the Zionist movement since the Balfour Declaration, until the founding of the State of Israel and the national confrontation between it and the surrounding Arab nations.
What distinguishes New Statesman with regard to Zionism and the State of Israel is its dual attitude that is expressed on one hand in its stable principled support of the Jews’ right for a national state, and on the other hand in unceasing criticism of Israel’s policy, especially its attitude about the solution of the Palestinian refugees. New Statesman’s distinctiveness is therefore in constant search for the political compromise between the two nations who have a just right for national definition in Palestine.
The article deals with three approaches in regard to the State of Israel that appear in the New Statesman during over sixty years: the consistent political approach of the editorials, the moral critical one, and the intellectual thought concerning Zionism and anti-Semitism in special articles.
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