Book contents
- The Legality of a Jewish State
- The Legality of a Jewish State
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- United Nations Entities
- Abbreviations
- Frontispiece
- Part I Battalions or Barristers
- Part II A Pair of Godfathers
- 4 Uncle Joe
- 5 Uncle Sam
- Part III A Flight from Justice
- Part IV From the Ashes of War
- Part V Whose State?
- Part VI Jewish Statehood on the Ground
- Part VII Legitimacy in the New Century
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
4 - Uncle Joe
from Part II - A Pair of Godfathers
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 December 2021
- The Legality of a Jewish State
- The Legality of a Jewish State
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- United Nations Entities
- Abbreviations
- Frontispiece
- Part I Battalions or Barristers
- Part II A Pair of Godfathers
- 4 Uncle Joe
- 5 Uncle Sam
- Part III A Flight from Justice
- Part IV From the Ashes of War
- Part V Whose State?
- Part VI Jewish Statehood on the Ground
- Part VII Legitimacy in the New Century
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Partition of Palestine and support for Israel against Syria’s proposal came from the Soviet Union, which had adopted a stance of advocating for a Jewish state in Palestine. The Soviet Union had long opposed Zionism on the rationale that it drew the attention of the working class away from a struggle against capitalism. In the war years, however, the Zionist Organization had lobbied Soviet officials, stressing an ideological affinity as reflected in collectivized agriculture, and a shared aim of removing Britain from a role in Palestine. When the General Assembly took up the issue of Palestine in Autumn 1947, the Soviet Union advocated partition. It opposed the subsequent effort by the United States to set up a trusteeship in place of a partition.
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- The Legality of a Jewish StateA Century of Debate over Rights in Palestine, pp. 23 - 32Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021