scholarly journals THE CURRENT SYRIAN POPULAR VIEW OF THE JEWS

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Alejandra Álvarez Suárez ◽  
Francisco Del Río Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Jewish Community ◽  
The Political ◽  
Jewish Communities ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Yom Kippur War ◽  
Popular View ◽  
Six Day War ◽  
Yom Kippur

The remaining small Jewish communities of Syria run the risk of disappearing completely due to the marginalization suffered as a consequence of the political situation since 1948. The Eli Cohen affair (1965,) the Six-­Day War (1967,) and the Yom Kippur War (1973) made the Baathist authorities of the country consider definitively the Syrian Jews as suspected Zionists or Zionist sympathizers. Nevertheless, in Syrian popular perceptions, the view of the Jews and Judaism did not always coincide with the ideology and propaganda emanating from the regime. In fact it is very interesting to note how good memories of times past, about an erstwhile coexistence with members of the Jewish community, still survive among many Syrians, both Muslims and Christians, belonging to the so-­called “urban middle class.” This paper evaluates some examples, in the forms of anecdotes, popular sayings and proverbs, dealing with the Jews, and popularized in Syrian colloquialisms, in order to reveal some of the popular views of Judaism and Jews within Syrian society.

scholarly journals Swedish interventions in the tragedy of the Jews of Slovakia

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-39
Author(s):  
Denisa Nestakova ◽  
Eduard Nižňanský
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Community ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
The Political ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
German Occupation ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
The Way

This article describes a largely unknown Swedish effort to intervene in deportations of Jews of Slovakia between 1942 and 1944. Swedish officials and religious leaders used their diplomatic correspondence with the Slovak government to extract some Jewish individuals and later on the whole Jewish community of Slovakia from deportations by their government and eventually by German officials. Despite the efforts of the Swedish Royal Consulate in Bratislava, the Swedish arch­bishop, Erling Eidem, and the Slovak consul, Bohumil Pissko, in Stockholm, and despite the acts taken by some Slovak ministries, the Slovak officials, including the president of the Slovak Republic, Jozef Tiso, revoked further negotiations in the autumn of 1944. However, the negotiations between Slovakia and Sweden created a scope for actions to protect some Jewish individuals which were doomed­ to failure because of the political situation. Nevertheless, this plan and the previous diplomatic interventions are significant for a description of the almost unknown Swedish and Slovak efforts to save the Jews of Slovakia. Repeated Swedish offers to take in Jewish individuals and later the whole community could well have prepared the way for larger rescues. These never occurred, given the Slovak interest in deporting their own Jewish citizens and later the German occupation of Slovakia. 

21. Israeli–Egyptian (in)security

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gareth Stansfield
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Peace Process ◽  
Policy Perspective ◽  
Yom Kippur War ◽  
War Of Independence ◽  
Relative Normalization ◽  
Arab States ◽  
Six Day War ◽  
Yom Kippur ◽  
Arab Israeli Conflict

This chapter examines the Yom Kippur War of 1973 from a foreign policy perspective. It first provides a background on the Arab–Israeli Conflict that began in 1948 with the War of Independence, followed by the Suez Conflict in 1956 and the Six-Day War in 1967, and culminated in the Yom Kippur War. It then considers the Egyptian build-up to war in 1973 and why Egypt attacked Israel, as well as the peace process that eventually settled the conflict between the two countries via the Camp David Accords. It also analyses the relative normalization of the Egyptian–Israeli relations and the effective breaking of Egypt’s alliance with other Arab states opposed to the existence of Israel. It concludes with an assessment of the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War and the rapprochement between Egypt and Israel.

The Order and the Division

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
General Jacob Even ◽  
Colonel Simcha B. Maoz
Keyword(s):  
Yom Kippur War ◽  
Six Day War ◽  
Yom Kippur ◽  
Israeli Army ◽  
At Home

The Yom Kippur War began on Yom Kippur, the highest holy day in Judaism, in 1973. Since the Israeli army was made up of reserve units, the Egyptian army attacked on the holiday, believing the timing would impede the army’s call-up process. In reality, this strategy made it possible for the reservists to arrive at their designated locations sooner than usual because the roads were clear; most people were either at home or their local synagogue. The Egyptian attack came as a surprise to the Israeli reservists because Israel had definitively won the Six-Day War against Egypt and its allies in 1967. However, the Egyptian army had significantly increased its antitank resources in the interim, and both sides were startled to discover that neither had the advantage they thought they did.

No relationship between risk of schizophrenia and prenatal exposure to stress during the Six-Day War or Yom Kippur War in Israel

2003 ◽  
Vol 63 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 131-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Paul Selten ◽  
Elizabeth Cantor-Graae ◽  
Daniella Nahon ◽  
Itzhak Levav ◽  
André Aleman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prenatal Exposure ◽  
Yom Kippur War ◽  
Six Day War ◽  
Yom Kippur

Hastening Force Buildup before and during War

2020 ◽  
pp. 9-37
Author(s):  
Meir Finkel
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Limited Ability ◽  
Weapon Systems ◽  
Yom Kippur War ◽  
The Future ◽  
Six Day War ◽  
Yom Kippur

The chapter focuses on the limited ability to hasten force buildup by training troops with newly acquired weapon systems when war begins earlier than envisioned or during an ongoing war. Examples are taken from the Sinai War (1956) –ground and air forces; the Six-Day War; the Yom Kippur War, and others. Suggestions are given for risk management between investing in the present versus providing a solution for the future regarding the replacement of existing proven weapons with new unproven ones.

The Birth of the Dovish Left

2019 ◽  
pp. 11-36
Author(s):  
Samy Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Left Wing ◽  
Yom Kippur War ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Six Day War ◽  
Yom Kippur ◽  
Anwar Sadat ◽  
Peace Camp ◽  
The Way

This chapter describes the rise of the Israeli Peace Camp. It took place over a long period of time, and though the various organizations composing this peace camp were rooted in a left-wing ideology, their engagement did not come about as a result of a preconceived strategy but rather as a reaction to often unforeseeable events or psychological shocks, such as the Six-Day War of 1967 and the Yom Kippur War of 1973, the Likud victory of 1977, the visit of Anwar Sadat to Jerusalem in 1979, and the Lebanon War of 1982. In order to date the birth of the dovish left, we must go all the way back to the Six-Day War.

The Trojan War and the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurit Yaari
Keyword(s):  
War Of Attrition ◽  
Yom Kippur War ◽  
Trojan War ◽  
Six Day War ◽  
Yom Kippur

This chapter looks at Israeli productions of classical tragedies between 1970 and 1985, against the backdrop of four wars: the Six Day War (1967), the War of Attrition (1967–70), the Yom Kippur War (1973), and the First Lebanon War (1982–5). The tragedies in question recount two fateful and bloody wars of antiquity: the second Persian offensive against Greece (480–479 BCE) which serves as the background to Aeschylusʼ The Persians (472 BCE), and the Trojan War—the prehistoric battle immortalized by Homer in The Iliad and The Odyssey, and in the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Analysing the Israeli performances, the chapter discusses the theatrical means through which the audiences were encouraged to criticize the hubris of the attackers and pity the sufferings of the victims.

At the Decisive Point in the Sinai

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Even ◽  
Simcha B. Maoz
Keyword(s):  
Suez Canal ◽  
The Political ◽  
Commanding Officer ◽  
Yom Kippur War ◽  
Yom Kippur ◽  
Individual Decisions ◽  
Major General

The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War or the October War, was fought by Israel against a coalition of Arab nations, led by Syria and Egypt. The war lasted nineteen days, with the pivotal moment being Major General Ariel Sharon’s crossing of the Suez Canal, which is known as the crossing battle In this narrative Jacob Even and Simcha B. Maoz consider the war and Sharon’s leadership as a case study of generalship for the benefit of new generations of senior field commanders. By focusing on the divisional command, Even and Maoz balance the macro view of the war (in the context of the political atmosphere of the time) with the micro view (as a cascade of individual decisions made by each commanding officer).

Ein Ende mit Schrecken – Frankreich nach den Wahlen

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (188) ◽  
pp. 495-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Syrovatka
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Political Support ◽  
The Political ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Economic Transformations ◽  
Crisis Of Representation ◽  
Election Results ◽  
Deep Crisis

The presidential and parliamentary elections were a political earthquake for the French political system. While the two big parties experienced massive losses of political support, the rise of new political formations took place. Emmanuel Macron is not only the youngest president of the V. Republic so far, he is also the first president not to be supported by either one of the two biggest parties. This article argues that the election results are an expression of a deep crisis of representation in France that is rooted in the economic transformations of the 1970s. The article analyses the political situation after the elections and tries to give an outlook on further political developments in France.

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