LEADER 03930nam 2200697 450 001 9910460270003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-5683-2 010 $a1-4426-3352-2 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442656833 035 $a(CKB)3710000000433161 035 $a(EBL)3432191 035 $a(OCoLC)929153905 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001637053 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16395603 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001637053 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13897952 035 $a(PQKB)10995384 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669505 035 $a(CEL)449958 035 $a(OCoLC)918589126 035 $a(CaBNVSL)kck00235740 035 $a(DE-B1597)465752 035 $a(OCoLC)944178697 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442656833 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669505 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256037 035 $a(OCoLC)958580328 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000433161 100 $a20160920h19851985 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCanada and the birth of Israel $ea study in Canadian foreign policy /$fDavid J. Bercuson 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1985. 210 4$dİ1985 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 311 $a0-8020-2568-4 311 $a1-4426-5183-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction: The Palestine question -- $t1. ?A modest beginning? -- $t2. ?Abominable outrages? -- $t3. ?A duty which could not be evaded? -- $t4. ?The best possible person? -- $t5. ?With heavy hearts? -- $t6. ?A temporary trusteeship? -- $t7. ?Zero hour in Palestine? -- $t8. ?Numerous uncertainties? -- $t9. ?Half a loaf? -- $t10. ?A gesture of confidence? -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aCanadian Zionists of the 1930s were anxious to involve their government in the Palestine question. The pressure they brought to bear was fuelled by a new urgency when British policy in Palestine denied entry to Jewish refugees from the Nazi terror. Today there is a widely held impression that the Canadian government responded quickly and sympathetically to that pressure. Jews and Arabs alike, each for their own purposes, have created the image of a Canada friendly to Zionism, and of Canadian policy directed by such pro-Zionists as Lester Pearson.But as David Bercuson demonstrates, the truth is far more complex. In fact, Zionist efforts to involve Canada in the Palestine question met with considerable resistance from Ottawa, even when Canada was elected to membership on the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine in 1947. The partition of Palestine was eventually supported by Canada, but begrudgingly. Ottawa viewed partition as the ?least lousy? solution to a problem that was acutely sensitive both diplomatically and politically.Hardly the champions of Zionism that it has generally been considered, Canada is revealed in Bercuson?s study as having established a middle east policy, not on moral or ideological grounds, but on the basis of the politicians? view of its own national interests. 606 $aHISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)$2bisacsh 607 $aCanada$xForeign relations$zIsrael 607 $aIsrael$xForeign relations$zCanada 607 $aIsrael$xHistory$y1948-1967 607 $aPalestine$xHistory$y1917-1948 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aHISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-). 676 $a327.7105694 700 $aBercuson$b David Jay$0901397 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460270003321 996 $aCanada and the birth of Israel$92014787 997 $aUNINA