Israeli Historiography and the Creation of the State of Israel

The nation, like any other system of human organization, must be understood as a discourse with a specific origin and not as an objective, teleological and primal phenomenon. In this sense, since a large influx of Jewish migrants came to Palestine to build a nationstate in this territory, Zionist an...

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Autor: Echeverry Tamayo, Juan David
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios de Asia y África
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiosdeasiayafrica.colmex.mx:article/2617
Acceso en línea:https://estudiosdeasiayafrica.colmex.mx/index.php/eaa/article/view/2617
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:historiografía israelí
conflicto palestino-israelí
historia de Israel
Medio Oriente
nacionalismo israelí
Israeli historiography
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
history of Israel
Middle East
Israeli nationalism
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Sumario:The nation, like any other system of human organization, must be understood as a discourse with a specific origin and not as an objective, teleological and primal phenomenon. In this sense, since a large influx of Jewish migrants came to Palestine to build a nationstate in this territory, Zionist and Israeli intellectuals and politicians have constructed subjective explanations to justify their demands and interests. These turned into historiographic paradigms that gave meaning to the Israeli population’s identity, culture, and links to the land. With this in mind, this study strikes a balance between the main historiographical trends that have defined the creation of the Israeli State. It seeks to clarify the Israel’s underlying ideology and to explore historiography’s adaptations at different junctures of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.