The Left and Israel

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • June Edmunds

      Pages 1-16

3. The British Labour Party

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. The Labour Party and the Establishment of the State of Israel

      • June Edmunds

      Pages 19-41

   3. Labour, Suez and Israel: the End of a ‘Special Relationship’?

      • June Edmunds

      Pages 42-63

   4. The 1967 War: towards a Breakdown in Labour’s Consensus of Support for Israel

      • June Edmunds

      Pages 64-85

   5. Israel in Lebanon: a New Labour Consensus?

      • June Edmunds

      Pages 86-108

4. The CPGB, the French Left and Conclusion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109

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   2. The British Communist Party and Israel: From the Establishment of the Jewish State to the Invasion of Lebanon

      • June Edmunds

      Pages 111-133

   3. The French Left and Israel: from the Creation of the Jewish State to the Invasion of Lebanon

      • June Edmunds

      Pages 134-157

   4. Conclusion

      • June Edmunds

      Pages 158-171

5. Back Matter

   Pages 172-221

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This book looks at policy change in political parties through an examination of the British and French Left's policy towards Israel in the postwar period. It illuminates not only how the left dealt with the dilemmas of the Israel/Arab hostilities, but also the process of policy development and party democracy.

• communism
• democracy
• Israel
• Policy
• Political Parties

JUNE EDMUNDS is currently Research Associate in the Department of Social and Public Policy at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Policies and ethics