YIGAL ALLON : a neglected political legacy, 1949 -1980

Yigal Allon Was A Major Contributor To The Nation Building Process Of The State Of Israel. He Did So From Multiple Positions He Held In Government. Between 1961 And 1968 He Served As Labor Minister. In 1968 He Became The Absorption Minister And From 1969 To 1974 He Served As Minister Of Education. In His Last Role, 1974-1977, He Held Israel's Foreign Policy Helm, Encouraging Countries And Leaders To Engage With Israel. Throughout His 17 Years In Government, Allon Was A Pivotal Player In The Cabinet's Security And Foreign Relations Endeavours. From 1968 To 1977 He Was Also Vice Prime Minister. This Fabulous Career Notwithstanding, His Political Legacy Has Been Ignored. In 2004 A Long Anticipated Biography Of Allon Was Published In Hebrew By Historian Anita Shapira, 24 Years After His Sudden Death, When He Was 62. However, This Eloquently Written And Well Documented Biography Only Covered Allon's Military Career To The End Of Israel's War Of Independence In 1949. The 2004 Biography Ended By Claiming That Allon's Next 31 Years (1949-1980) - His Political Years - Was Not Worth A Historical Account. Yigal Allon: A Neglected Political Legacy, 1949-1980 Sets The Record Straight, And Reverses The Injustice Of Ignoring His Multi-faceted Political Talent In The Service Of The State Of Israel. This English-language Edition Is A Revised And Smaller Edition Based On The Widely Acclaimed And Reviewed Hebrew Version (2016). Allon's Perceptions Regarding The Territories Have Been Borne Out; Equally Critical, He Foresaw That Government Policies Would Lead To A Decline In Israel's International Status, And That Israel Would Be Held Accountable For Lack Of Peace In The Region. *** [this Book Provides] Important Insights About The Current State And Challenges Facing Israeli Politics And National Security....excellent Biography... --intelligencer: Journal Of U.s. Intelligence Studies, Winter 2017-18 [subject: Israeli Studies, Politics, Biography, Security Studies, Foreign Relations] List of Illustrations Map Accompanying the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum of 29 June 1967 Map of Allon’s Plan Introduction: “We are for the movement” 1 From Spring of his Life to Epilogue 1 A Short CV 2 Allon’s Ideology 5 Allon, Arabs, and Palestinians 7 1 First Encounters with Politics, 1949–1955 18 Allon and Oxford 21 Escaping Mapam’s “Captivity” 23 2 Crossing Some Curtains of Sand, 1955–1959 28 Scandals of an Excessive “Activism” 28 To Sinai – and Out 30 A Curtain of Sand 33 3 Harvard, India and Oxford Again, 1957–1960 43 Kissinger 43 India 46 4 Labor and Dimona, 1961–1967 51 Minister of Labor 53 Dimona 57 5 Three Weeks of Waiting and a Six Day War 60 Missed Opportunity in Moscow? 62 Between Status Quo and Momentum 65 6 The Allon Plan as a Momentum Device 84 Demography, Geography, Democracy 84 Responses to the Plan 90 7 A “Totally Unacceptable” Solution? 95 1970 – Black September and The Rogers Plan 97 1972 – “Federation – No! Elections – Yes!” 101 1974 – “Thank God for Rabat!” 102 8 Absorption, Education, Deputy PM and Environment 110 “A real trend and not an episode” 110 Minister of Education 113 “Peace Now!” – And then what? 117 Protecting the Environment – A Forgotten Duty of the PM’s Deputy 121 9 “No More Collective and Personal Myths” 124 Clausewitz or Freud? 124 Some Post-war Theses 127 A Non-political Political Investigation Commission 130 The Pre-war Political Conception of the Egyptian Third Army 132 10 Foreign Minister in the Middle East 135 Formulating a Foreign Policy during Dinner at Camp David 136 Reassessment, a Mysterious Leak and an Interim Agreement with Egypt 142 An Effective de facto Coalition: The MoD, PLO and Sebastia 145 11 “A Clever Foreign Policy” – A Global Tour 151 “Conquering Europe” 152 Western Europe – and Especially Germany 155 Western Europe and Goldmann Again 157 Asia – “A Problematic Continent” 159 Africa and South Africa 160 1976 – “Our Latin American Year” 162 Socialism, Soccer, Poetry and Tapping: The Romanian Experience 164 Turkey and Iran 165 12 The End 168 Who’s Fault? What Next? 170 “Interim Agreements in Sinai are Better than the Camp David Framework” 172 Sinai must not be the precedent – Towards an Israel–Egypt 175 Peace Agreement “Some of us are sitting on the fence” – A Partial Party 178 Recovery, 1979 “We are not struggling for an Oscar” 181 Epilogue: Nostalgia, Legacy, History, Counter-history, Politics 185 Glossary Notes Bibliography Index About the Author "Yigal Allon was a major contributor to the nation building process of the State of Israel. He did so from multiple positions he held in government. Between 1961 and 1968 he served as Labor Minister. In 1968 he became the Absorption minister and from 1969 to 1974 he served as Minister of Education. In his last role, 1974-1977, he held Israel's foreign policy helm, encouraging countries and leaders to engage with Israel. Throughout his 17 years in government, Allon was a pivotal player in the cabinet's security and foreign relations endeavours. From 1968 to 1977 he was also vice prime minister. This fabulous career notwithstanding, his political legacy has been ignored. In 2004 a long anticipated biography of Allon was published in Hebrew by historian Anita Shapira, 24 years after his sudden death, when he was 62. However, this eloquently written and well documented biography only covered Allon's military career to the end of Israel's War of Independence in 1949. The 2004 biography ended by claiming that Allon's next 31 years (1949-1980) - his political years - was not worth a historical account. Yigal Allon: A Neglected Political Legacy, 1949-1980 sets the record straight, and reverses the injustice of ignoring his multi-faceted political talent in the service of the State of Israel. This English-language edition is a revised and smaller edition based on the widely acclaimed and reviewed Hebrew version (2016). Allon's perceptions regarding the Territories have been borne out; equally critical, he foresaw that government policies would lead to a decline in Israel's international status, and that Israel would be held accountable for lack of peace in the region"-- Provided by publisher