Israel's Declaration of Independence by Neil Rogachevsky, Dov... - 9781316514771

Israel's Declaration of IndependenceThe History and Political Theory of the Nation's Founding Moment\nAuthor(s): Neil Rogachevsky, Dov Zigler\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781316514771, 978-1316514771\nSynopsis\nIsrael's Declaration of Independence brings to life the debates and decisions at the founding of the state of Israel. Through a presentation of the drafts of Israel's Declaration of Independence in English for the first time, Neil Rogachevsky and Dov Zigler shed new light on the dilemmas of politics, diplomacy, and values faced by Israel's leaders as they charted the path to independence and composed what became modern Israel's most important political text. The stakes began with war, state-building, strategy, and great power politics, and ascended to matters of high principle: freedom, liberty, sovereignty, rights, and religion. Using fast-paced narration of the meetings of Israel's le.