Gadi Heimann – författare

Since the Sinai campaign, France had been Israel''s ally, providing advanced weapons and granting political support and economic aid. When Charles de Gaulle returned to lead France in 1958 during the Algerian War, Israeli leadership faced a challenge to maintain the friendship in light of the President''s insistence on re-establishing French influence in the Arab world. This book discusses their efforts and examines de Gaulle''s uncompromising pursuit of French grandeur and the ramifications of this for the State of Israel.

Since the Sinai campaign, France had been Israel''s ally, providing advanced weapons and granting political support and economic aid. When Charles de Gaulle returned to lead France in 1958 during the Algerian War, Israeli leadership faced a challenge to maintain the friendship in light of the President''s insistence on re-establishing French influence in the Arab world. This book discusses their efforts and examines de Gaulle''s uncompromising pursuit of French grandeur and the ramifications of this for the State of Israel.

Relations between the new state of Israel and the European Union in the first twenty years of the Community’s existence were a major policy issue given the background of the Holocaust and the way the new nation was established. This book focuses on Israel-European Community relations from 1957 to 1975 - from the signing of the Treaty of Rome (1957), which officially established the Common Market, to the conclusion of Israel’s Free Trade Agreement with the Community. It reveals a new and key facet of Israeli diplomacy during the country''s infancy, joining the many studies concerning Israel''s relations with the United States, France, Germany and Britain.

Relations between the new state of Israel and the European Union in the first twenty years of the Community’s existence were a major policy issue given the background of the Holocaust and the way the new nation was established. This book focuses on Israel-European Community relations from 1957 to 1975 - from the signing of the Treaty of Rome (1957), which officially established the Common Market, to the conclusion of Israel’s Free Trade Agreement with the Community. It reveals a new and key facet of Israeli diplomacy during the country''s infancy, joining the many studies concerning Israel''s relations with the United States, France, Germany and Britain.