{"title":"Beyond the Periphery—Israel's Intervention in the Yemen Civil War in the 1960s","authors":"Yogev Elbaz","doi":"10.2979/israelstudies.27.1.04","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:In recent years, archival material concerning Israel's intervention during the 1960s civil war in Yemen has come to light. The article examines and interprets the events of the war and the motives behind the intervention using the recently declassified materials and the fresh insight these afford. The article argues that Israel was driven by fear of Nasser and the domino effect Arab nationalism might spread through the Arab Middle East to intervene in the war in support of the Imam's forces via the British mercenaries operating in Yemen. In a deeper sense, Israel's chief concern was the re-emergence of the 1958 regional crisis, and as such it chose to respond through the extension of an \"Alliance of the Periphery.\"","PeriodicalId":54159,"journal":{"name":"Israel Studies","volume":"27 1","pages":"107 - 84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Israel Studies","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2979/israelstudies.27.1.04","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"AREA STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT:In recent years, archival material concerning Israel's intervention during the 1960s civil war in Yemen has come to light. The article examines and interprets the events of the war and the motives behind the intervention using the recently declassified materials and the fresh insight these afford. The article argues that Israel was driven by fear of Nasser and the domino effect Arab nationalism might spread through the Arab Middle East to intervene in the war in support of the Imam's forces via the British mercenaries operating in Yemen. In a deeper sense, Israel's chief concern was the re-emergence of the 1958 regional crisis, and as such it chose to respond through the extension of an "Alliance of the Periphery."
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Israel Studies presents multidisciplinary scholarship on Israeli history, politics, society, and culture. Each issue includes essays and reports on matters of broad interest reflecting diverse points of view. Temporal boundaries extend to the pre-state period, although emphasis is on the State of Israel. Due recognition is also given to events and phenomena in diaspora communities as they affect the Israeli state. It is sponsored by the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University, in affiliation with the Association for Israel Studies.
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