| INTRODUCTION | |
| 7 | 1. Modern Bourgeois Historiography and Sociology on Israel |
| 13 | 2. A Few Facts from the History of the Jews. Emergence of Political Zionism |
| Chapter 1 | |
| FORMATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND THE GROWTH OF US IMPERIALIST INFLUENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST | |
| 23 | 1. The Balfour Declaration. Britain Receives the Mandate for Palestine |
| 33 | 2. British Colonial Policy in Palestine. Status of the Yishuv and the Semblance of Arab Self-Administration |
| 41 | 3. The USA and the Palestine Problem. Anglo-US Contradictions |
| 47 | 4. The Palestine Problem Before the UN. Proclamation of the State of Israel |
| 56 | 5. Population of Israel from the Formation of the State to the End of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-1949 |
| Chapter 2 | |
| STATE SYSTEM | |
| 59 | 1. Structure |
| 67 | 2. Classes In Israeli Society |
| 70 | 3. Political Parties |
| Chapter 3 | |
| HOME POLICY | |
| 85 | 1. Mapai Assumes Power. The First Knesset (1949-1951) |
| 95 | 2. The Second Knesset (1951-1955). Reactionary Laws and Reinforcement of the Compact with the Imperialist Powers |
| 103 | 3. The Third Knesset (1955-1959). Conciliatory Attitude of the Mapani and Achdut Ha’avoda “Labour” Parties. An Openly Expansionist Policy |
| 111 | 4. Split in Mapai. Ben Gurion’s Attempts to Establish a Dictatorship. The Fourth Knesset (1959-1961) |
| 117 | 5. The Fifth Knesset (1961-1965). Further Attempts by Ben Gurion to Establish a Dictatorship |
| 128 | 6. The Sixth Knesset. Offensive by Reaction and Clericalism. Further Economic Difficulties. Class Struggle of the Working People |
| Chapter 4 | |
| ALLIANCE WITH THE WEST AND THE EXPANSIONIST FOREIGN POLICY | |
| 135 | 1. Israel and the USA. US-Israeli Agreements |
| 143 | 2. Israel’s Relations with Britain and France |
| 147 | 3. Expansionist Aims of Co-operation with the Federal Republic of Germany |
| 151 | 4. Militarisation. Consequences of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-1949. Orientation on a Military Alliance with the West. Preparations for an Attack on Egypt |
| 159 | 5. Triple Aggression. Israel Subscribes to the Eisenhower Doctrine and Joins in the Intervention Against Lebanon and Jordan |
| 169 | 7. Aggravation of the Arab-Israeli Conflict in 1963 |
| 174 | 8. Arab-Israeli Relations in 1964-1966. Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with the FRG. American Arms. Activation of the "Positions of Strength" Policy |
| Chapter 5 | |
| IMMIGRATION AND THE STATUS OF IMMIGRANTS | |
| 184 | 1. Immigration Policy |
| 191 | 2. Standing of Immigrants. Doctrines and Aims |
| Chapter 6 | |
| MAIN STAGES OF ISRAEL’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | |
| 198 | 1. First Years (1948-1955). Significance of US Grants-in-Aid and FRG Reparations |
| 206 | 2. Consequences of Militarisation and Aggression. Dependence on Foreign Capital (1956-1965) |
| Chapter 7 | |
| OVERALL PICTURE OF THE ISRAELI ECONOMY | |
| 217 | [introduction.] |
| 218 | 1. Agriculture. Distribution of the Crop Area. Hydroprojects, Basic Crops. Arab Farms |
| 228 | 2. Main Forms of Agricultural Production. The “Thesis” of the Socialist Nature of the Kibbutz |
| 237 | 3. Industry and Transport. Uneven Development. Raw Material and Power Resources. State-Co-operative and Private Sectors. The Hlstadrut “Labour” Sector |
| 250 | 4. Foreign trade. Changes in Pattern, the Market Problem. Geography of Foreign Trade |
| 257 | 5. Finances. The State Budget and Modifications of Its Components. Role of Foreign Financing. Concentration and Centralisation of Banking Capital |
| Chapter 8 | |
| AMERICAN AID, WEST GERMAN REPARATIONS AND FOREIGN PRIVATE CAPITAL IN ISRAEL | |
| 270 | 1. Forms and Size of American Aid |
| 283 | 2. West German Reparations |
| 286 | 3. Foreign Private Capital in Israel |
| Chapter 9 | |
| ZIONISM—A BOURGEOIS NATIONALISTIC IDEOLOGY | |
| 293 | [introduction.] |
| 294 | 1. Zionism’s Organisational Forms and Reactionary Character |
| 301 | 2. In the Service of Reaction |
| Afterword | |
| 310 | ISRAEL’S AGGRESSION AGAINST THE ARAB STATES IN JUNE 1967. FIRST STAGE OF THE STRUGGLE IN THE UN FOR POLITICAL SETTLEMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST |
| [Afterword] | |
| THE PROBLEM OF A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT AND THE LEGITIMATE RIGHTS OF THE ARAB PEOPLE OF PALESTINE. [•] SOME FACTS ON THE GENESIS OF THE IMPERIALIST-ZIONIST ALLIANCE AND THE OUTLOOK FOR A SETTLEMENT (1968-JuIy 1971). • SECOND STAGE OF THE STRUGGLE IN THE UN FOR A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST | |
| 341 | [introduction.] |
| 350 | The Soviet Plan for a Settlement |
| 354 | The Two Rogers Plans |
| 357 | Egypt’s Peace Proposals |
| 362 | Some Facts of the Genesis of the Imperialist-Zionist Alliance. Possible Prospects for a Settlement |
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