Israel as a Global Citizen
This source sheet, part of OLAM's Jewish Learning Journey series, explores Israel's role as a global citizen, through various writings of its early political and thought leaders. It traces the different motivations and aspirations that led the state of Israel to devote significant resources to international development and bilateral aid in its formative years, as a way of probing the question of Israel and the Jewish people’s role in the world.
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