Soviet Jewish Aliyah, 1989-92
Subtitle: Impact and Implications for Israel and the Middle East
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: April 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780714646251
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; European history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Immigration & emigration; Jewish studies; c 1980 to c 1990; c 1990 to c 2000; Israel; Contemporary Politics - Middle East; History; History - General History; Middle East - Israel; History: World; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); Middle East; Jewish - General; History / General; Ethnic relations; Judaism - General; Emigration And Immigration; Jews, Soviet; Soviet Union
Description: Soviet Jewish Aliyah 1989-92 provides new insights into a period of fundamental change in Israel and the Middle East. It explains how the Israeli government failed to effectively handle the integration of new emigres from the Soviet Union, and how it alienated traditional Likud supporters among Oriental Jews in Israel.

Clive Jones's argument is that, by placing its ideological commitment to the retention of the West Bank above other priorities, the Likud leadership made itself beholden to the United States for financial assistance which was then denied. The resulting fundamental change in the composition and orientation of the Israeli political leadership has had a major influence on the course of the Arab-Israeli peace process.