IYUNIM BITKUMAT ISRAEL IN THE EYE OF THE STORM Essays on Ze’ev Jabotinsky This annual is published with the kind assistance of Yad David Ben-Gurion IYUNIM BITKUMAT ISRAEL Thematic Series IN THE EYE OF THE STORM Essays on Ze’ev Jabotinsky Edited by Avi Bareli Pinhas Ginossar THE BEN-GURION INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ISRAEL AND ZIONISM BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV PRESS HERZL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND STUDY OF ZIONISM HAIFA UNIVERSITY JABOTINSKY INSTITUTE IN ISRAEL TEL AVIV MENACHEM BEGIN HERITAGE INSTITUTE JERUSALEM 2004 Editorial Board: Yosef Achimeir, Avi Bareli, Pinhas Ginossar, Shalom Ratzabi, Yechiam Weitz Editorial Assistant: Orna Miller Advisory Board: Meir Avizohar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Menahem Brinker, Hebrew University; Itamar Even-Zohar, Tel Aviv University; Jonathan Frankel, Hebrew University; Tuvia Friling, Ben-Gurion Institute; Allon Gal, Ben-Gurion Institute; Pinhas Ginossar, Ben-Gurion Institute; Moshe Lissak, Hebrew University; Matityahu Mintz, Tel Aviv University; Israel Oppenheim, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Benjamin Pinkus, Ben-Gurion Institute; Zaki Shalom, Ben-Gurion Institute; Moshe Shemesh, Ben-Gurion Institute; S. Ilan Troen, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Style Editing: Smadar Rothmann, Ravit Delouya, Alon Eshpar, Yael Eyal Type Editing: Smadar Rothmann English Abstracts: Shulamit Amir-Zarmi Cover Design: Ruthie Beth-Or Production Manager: Shaul Shragai ISSN 0792-7169 Statements of fact or opinion appearing in this volume are solely those of the authors and do not imply endorsement by the editors or publishers © 2004 All Rights Reserved The Ben-Gurion Institute Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Sede Boqer Campus Layout: Sefi Graphics Design, Beer Sheva Printed in Israel in Kefar Habad C O N T E N T S Avi Bareli, Pinhas Ginossar Leadership and Intellectual Profundity 1 ESSAYS Israel Kolatt Jabotinsky’s Place in the National Pantheon 7 Benzion Netanyahu Jabotinsky as Statesman and Leader of His People 25 Zeev Tzahor Jabotinsky and Jabotinskyism 39 RESEARCH Ideology Arye Naor Jabotinsky’s Constitutional Guidelines for Israel 51 Reuvan Shoshani An Anatomy of Jabotinsky’s Critique of Socialism Part I: Critique of the Fundamental Principles of Socialism 93 Shalom Ratzabi Race, Nation and Judaism in M. M. Buber’s and Z. Jabotinsky’s Thought: A Comparative Study 121 Eliezer Don-Yehiya Between Nationalism and Religion: The Transformation of Jabotinsky’s At titude toward the Religious Tradition 159 Culture Dan Miron Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s Contribution to Modern Hebrew Poetry 187 Hannan Hever The Poetry of the Leader and the Leadership of Poetry: Uri Zvi Greenberg and Ze’ev Jabotinsky 253 Yehuda Friedlander V.Z. Jabotinsky as a Multilateral Artist 283 Shlomo Haramati Jabotinsky – Initiator of the Comprehensive Hebrew Schools in the Diaspora 299 Pinhas Ginossar Exertions and Struggles in the Revisionist Do’ar Hayom 325 Statesmanship Ya’acov Shavit, Who Cried Wolf? How did Ze’ev Jabotinsky Liat Shtayer-Livni Understand the Nature and Intentions of Nazi Germany? 345 Daniel Blatman The Dispute in Poland in 1936 over Jabotinsky’s Evacuation Plan 371 Eli Tzur A Dangerous Liaison: Jabotinsky and Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs 389 Chanoch (Howard) The Place of the United States and Its Jews in Rosenblum Jabotinsky’s World View 417 Matityahu Mintz Why did the Tsarist Okhrana Keep Z. Jabotinsky Under Surveillance? 449 Militarism Shlomi Reznik Jabotinsky and the Irgun: ‘In the Beginning God Created Politics’ 459 Jacob Markovizky The Forerunner of His People: Zabotinsky and the Idea of the Instruction Center in Italy 475 Shmuel Katz Jabotinsky, the Jewish Legion and the Beginnings of Hagana 493 Meir Shamgar Epilogue 549 List of Participants 552 Abbreviations 553 English Abstracts i.