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Readjustment or reversal? The ‘normalization’ of relations between France and Israel, 1957–63

SYSNO ASEP	0549696
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Readjustment or reversal? The ‘normalization’ of relations between France and Israel, 1957–63
Author(s)	Zouplna, Jan (OU-W)_{RID, SAI, ORCID}
Number of authors	1
Source Title	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. - : Routledge - ISSN 1353-0194 Roč. 48, č. 5 (2021), s. 816-831
Number of pages	16 s.
Publication form	Print - P
Language	eng - English
Country	GB - United Kingdom
Keywords	France ; Israel ; Middle East ; diplomatic history ; foreign relations ; bilateral agreement ; diplomatic relations ; international relations ; political development
Subject RIV	AB - History
OECD category	History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Method of publishing	Limited access
Institutional support	OU-W - RVO:68378009
UT WOS	000508098800001
EID SCOPUS	85078436195
DOI	10.1080/13530194.2020.1715787
Annotation	French policy towards Israel in the 1950s and 1960s depended on a number of variables. Above all, French diplomacy never considered Israel apart from broader Middle Eastern and international considerations. The collusion of the Sinai Campaign of 1956 transformed this situation only to a certain extent. Parallel evaluation of the merits and limits of Franco-Israeli relations predated the establishment of the French Fifth Republic. A process of readjustment undertaken by de Gaulle’s administration came to the fore in 1960. It combined elements of practical assistance with reserved association in public. The nature of transition defied simple classification. While Israel was concerned about allegedly waning support, the official French narrative denied the existence of a major shift in the substance of bilateral ties. In a way, each party misinterpreted the actions of the other: for Israel, ongoing French assistance did not fully outweigh the decline in overt expressions of ‘friendship’. Viewed from Paris, the reactions to every minor French ‘no’ seemed exaggerated. The limitations accompanying bilateral trade confirmed these diverging perspectives even further. Yet, seen in its proper historical context, the outcome of this process was not set in stone.
Workplace	Oriental Institute
Contact	Zuzana Kvapilová, kvapilova@orient.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 053 950
Year of Publishing	2022
Electronic address	http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0325838

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