Summary
A professor of modern history at the Hebrew University whose critique of Ben-Gurion in Haaretz (17/2/61) is quoted in Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace as the admiring view of Ben-Gurion’s historical vision that the book cannot share (Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace, PDF p.474).
Details
- Talmon wrote: “Mr. David Ben-Gurion is among a half-dozen decisive figures in the history of the people of Israel from the day it became a nation. There are few political leaders in history whose historical vision was so confident and whose vision was vindicated so many times by historical events” (Haaretz, 17/2/61, quoted at Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace, PDF p.474).
- The book answers: “We cannot share this view – if only for the simple reason that we can never forget the “Third Kingdom of Israel” affair”, and because the Abdullah collusion brought no peace, courting the Western Powers brought no overt military alliance, the reprisals produced no quiet on the borders, and Suez imposed no peace on the Arabs (Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace, PDF p.474-475).