ISRAELI FOREIGN POLICY
MVZ247
AIMS AND GOALS
✕ Israeli foreign policy is chiefly influenced by Israel's
strategic situation, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the
rejection of Israel by most of the Arab states.
✕ The goals of Israeli policy are therefore to
overcome diplomatic isolation and to achieve
recognition and friendly relations with as many
nations as possible, both in the Middle East and
beyond.
✕ Israel has simultaneously practiced open and secret
diplomacy to further its main national goals. 
THREE DISTINCT PILLARS
✕ The U.S.
✕ Arab neighbors
+ Treaty allies
+ Enemies
+ Palestinians
✕ Europe
+ Bilateral
+ The EU
Weekly theme outline
Week 1: The dream (Zionism)
Week 2: The ‘scrappy’ audicity of victory (1945-49)
Week 3: Old friends and enemies (1950s-1960s)
Week 4: Greater Israel (The Six Day War of 1967)
Week 5: ‘War, oil, and peace’ (1970s)
Week 6: ‘The Revolution’ of Likud and Revisionist Zionism
Week 7: Israel and the EU
Week 8: Israel and the PLO
Week 9: Making peace Hard (Oslo)
Week 10: Israel and the USA
Week 11: ‘Finding new friends in troubled times’ (post-2010)
Week 12: Israel 2050
Week 13: Conclusion
Contact Information
Dr. Aaron T. Walter
Rm 4.05
aaronwalter@mail.muni.cz
aaronwalter@gmail.com
Exams
Hand-written
Study Guide will be provided in advance
or
Paper assignment due final date of class at time
of class.