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Author: Yitzhak Mualem

Dr. Yitzchak Mualem is a lecturer at the Ashkelon Academic College. His academic interests focus on Israel’s relations with the Diaspora Jewish communities and on Israel’s Israeli-Jewish foreign policy. Recent publications analyzed Israeli foreign policy in the Jewish context during the Begin and Netanyahu periods.
The Satmar Hasidic Sect and the Exodus of Yemeni Jews

The Satmar Hasidic Sect and the Exodus of Yemeni Jews

July 5, 2022 | Yitzhak Mualem
The role of the Satmar Hasidic sect in trying to influence the policies of sovereign governments, such as the Yemeni government, regarding the status and future of the Jews in that country, and the Israeli government regarding the immigration and absorption of Yemeni Jews in Israel.
Quiet Diplomacy: The Exodus of Egyptian Jews between the Six-Day War and the War of Attrition

Quiet Diplomacy: The Exodus of Egyptian Jews between the Six-Day War and the War of Attrition

January 13, 2020 | Yitzhak Mualem
A number of studies have discussed the Israeli government’s approach to aiding the Egyptian Jewish community.
Between a Jewish and an Israeli Foreign Policy: Israel-Argentina Relations and the Issue of Jewish Disappeared Persons and Detainees under the Military Junta, 1976-1983

Between a Jewish and an Israeli Foreign Policy: Israel-Argentina Relations and the Issue of Jewish Disappeared Persons and Detainees under the Military Junta, 1976-1983

March 21, 2004 | Yitzhak Mualem
This article examines the effect of the functioning of a Jewish and democratic state as the state of the Jewish people or "a Jewish state" - on the foreign relations of Israel. Israel's definition as a Jewish state affects the nature of its foreign policy. The foreign policy of a state defined as a Jewish state is complex and unique. This stems from the structure of the state which is made up of at least two ethnic groups.