Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
The European Left and the Jewish Question, 1848-1992
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2021) 243-262
Keywords:
Partito comunista italiano
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Partito socialista italiano e Partito socialista democratico italiano unificati
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Six Day War, 1967 Influence
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Anti-Zionism History
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Antisemitism History 20th century
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Arab-Israeli conflict Case studies Public opinion
Abstract:
The Six-Day War (5–10 June 1967) has often been described as the event that determined the “anti-Israeli turning-point” of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and the start of a harsh debate between the latter and the Unified Socialist Party (PSU), which instead firmly defended the Jewish State. This representation, while not completely groundless, appears to be too simplistic, and even misleading. This essay retraces the positions taken by the main forces of the Italian Left during the Six-Day War and during the re-emergence—in the following years—of the (national) Palestinian question. It will focus on some significant aspects of their analysis and argumentations, trying to highlight political motivations and ideological-cultural matrices, questioning their implications with regards to the relationship between the Left and the Jews, as well as the complex issue of the boundary between anti-Zionism and antisemitism.
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