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{{Short description|Chief of Israeli Military Intelligence}}
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'''Yehoshafat Harkabi''' ({{lang-he|יהושפט הרכבי}}, born 1921, [[Haifa]]; died 26 August 1994, [[Jerusalem]]) was chief of [[Israel|Israeli]] [[Aman (IDF)|military intelligence]] from 1955 until 1959 and afterwards a professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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| birth_date = 21 September 1921
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'''Yehoshafat Harkabi''' ({{langx|he|יהושפט הרכבי}}, 21 September 1921 – 26 August 1994) was chief of [[Israel]]i [[Aman (IDF)|military intelligence]] from 1955 until 1959 and afterwards a professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.


==Biography==
==Biography==
[[File:Members of Israeli Delegation to Armistice talks in Rhodes, January 1949.jpg|thumb|250px|The Israeli delegation to the [[1949 Armistice Agreements]] talks. Left to right: Commanders Yehoshafat Harkabi, Aryeh Simon, [[Yigael Yadin]], and [[Yitzhak Rabin]] (1949)]]
[[File:Members of Israeli Delegation to Armistice talks in Rhodes, January 1949.jpg|thumb|250px|The Israeli delegation to the [[1949 Armistice Agreements]] talks. Left to right: Commanders Yehoshafat Harkabi, Aryeh Simon, [[Yigael Yadin]], and [[Yitzhak Rabin]] (1949)]]
Harkabi had a good command of [[Arabic (language)|Arabic]], a deep knowledge of [[Arab]] civilization and history, and a solid understanding of [[Islam]]. He developed from an uncompromising hardliner to supporter of a [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian]] [[Sovereign state|state]] who recognized the [[PLO]] as a negotiations partner. In his most well-known work ''Israel's Fateful Hour'', Harkabi described himself as a "[[Machiavelli]]an dove" intent on searching "for a policy by which Israel can get the best possible settlement of the conflict in the Middle East" (1988, p. xx) - a policy that would include a [[Zionism]] "of quality and not of [[acre]]age" (p. 225).
Harkabi had a good command of [[Arabic (language)|Arabic]], a deep knowledge of [[Arab]] civilization and history, and a solid understanding of [[Islam]]. He developed from an uncompromising hardliner to supporter of a [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian]] [[Sovereign state|state]] who recognized the [[PLO]] as a negotiations partner. In his most well-known work ''Israel's Fateful Hour'', Harkabi described himself as a "[[Machiavelli]]an dove" intent on searching "for a policy by which Israel can get the best possible settlement of the conflict in the Middle East" (1988, p. xx) - a policy that would include a [[Zionism]] "of quality and not of [[acre]]age" (p. 225).


Harkabi was forced to resign as chief of Military Intelligence as a consequence of the 1959 [[Night of the Ducks]].<ref name="Uri">{{cite book |last1=Bar-Joseph |first1=Uri |title=The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel |date=2016 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=New York |isbn=9780062420138 |page=213}}</ref>
Harkabi was forced to resign as chief of Military Intelligence as a consequence of the 1959 [[Night of the Ducks]].<ref name="Uri">{{cite book |last1=Bar-Joseph |first1=Uri |title=The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel |date=2016 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=New York |isbn=9780062420138 |page=213}}</ref>


Following his military career, Harkabi served as a visiting professor at [[Princeton University]] and guest scholar at the [[Brookings Institution]]. He was Maurice Hexter professor and director of the Leonard Davis Institute of International Relations and [[Middle East]] Studies at [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]. He would earn a MPA from [[Harvard University]] in 1962.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-yehoshafat-harkabi-1448686.html</ref>
Following his military career, Harkabi served as a visiting professor at [[Princeton University]] and guest scholar at the [[Brookings Institution]]. He was Maurice Hexter professor and director of the Leonard Davis Institute of International Relations and [[Middle East]] Studies at [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]. He would earn a MPA from [[Harvard University]] in 1962.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-yehoshafat-harkabi-1448686.html | title=Obituary: Professor Yehoshafat Harkabi | website=[[Independent.co.uk]] | date=13 September 1994 }}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.gamla.org.il/english/article/2000/aug/z1.htm On Making Peace Despite the Risks - Ze'ev Schiff]
* [http://www.gamla.org.il/english/article/2000/aug/z1.htm On Making Peace Despite the Risks - Ze'ev Schiff] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041220124825/http://www.gamla.org.il/english/article/2000/aug/z1.htm |date=2004-12-20 }}
* [http://intellit.muskingum.edu/israel_folder/israelintelheads.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613023818/http://intellit.muskingum.edu/israel_folder/israelintelheads.html |date=2008-06-13 }} Heads of A'man, [[Mossad]], & [[Shin Bet]]
* [http://intellit.muskingum.edu/israel_folder/israelintelheads.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613023818/http://intellit.muskingum.edu/israel_folder/israelintelheads.html |date=2008-06-13 }} Heads of A'man, [[Mossad]], & [[Shin Bet]]


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Latest revision as of 07:34, 25 October 2024

Yehoshafat Harkabi
יהושפט הרכבי
Born21 September 1921
Haifa, Mandatory Palestine
Died26 August 1994 (aged 72)
Jerusalem, Israel
Resting placeMount Herzl
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materHarvard University
Known forChief of Israeli Military Intelligence
AwardsIsrael Prize

Yehoshafat Harkabi (Hebrew: יהושפט הרכבי, 21 September 1921 – 26 August 1994) was chief of Israeli military intelligence from 1955 until 1959 and afterwards a professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Biography

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The Israeli delegation to the 1949 Armistice Agreements talks. Left to right: Commanders Yehoshafat Harkabi, Aryeh Simon, Yigael Yadin, and Yitzhak Rabin (1949)

Harkabi had a good command of Arabic, a deep knowledge of Arab civilization and history, and a solid understanding of Islam. He developed from an uncompromising hardliner to supporter of a Palestinian state who recognized the PLO as a negotiations partner. In his most well-known work Israel's Fateful Hour, Harkabi described himself as a "Machiavellian dove" intent on searching "for a policy by which Israel can get the best possible settlement of the conflict in the Middle East" (1988, p. xx) - a policy that would include a Zionism "of quality and not of acreage" (p. 225).

Harkabi was forced to resign as chief of Military Intelligence as a consequence of the 1959 Night of the Ducks.[1]

Following his military career, Harkabi served as a visiting professor at Princeton University and guest scholar at the Brookings Institution. He was Maurice Hexter professor and director of the Leonard Davis Institute of International Relations and Middle East Studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He would earn a MPA from Harvard University in 1962.[2]

Awards

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In 1993, Harkabi was awarded the Israel Prize, for political science.[3]

Published works

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  • Harkabi, Y. (1974). Arab Attitudes to Israel. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-85303-157-6
  • Harkabi, Y. (1975). Palestinians and Israel. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-87855-172-7
  • Harkabi, Y. (1977). Arab Strategies and Israel's Response. Free Press. ISBN 0-02-913760-8
  • Harkabi, Y. (1978). Three Concepts of Arab Strategy. Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. ISBN B0006WY3PU
  • Harkabi, Y. (1979). Palestinian Covenant and Its Meaning. Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 0-85303-206-8
  • Harkabi, Y. (1981). The Palestinian National Covenant (1968): An Israeli Commentary. ISBN B0007J3GFA
  • Harkabi, Y. (1982). The Bar Kokhba Syndrome: Risk and Realism in International Relations. New York, NY, Rossel Books. ISBN 0-940646-01-3
  • Harkabi, Y. (1985). Al Fatah's Doctrine. In The Israel-Arab Reader: A Documentary History of the Middle East Conflict. T. W. Laqueur and B. Rubin (Eds.). New York, NY, Penguin Books. ISBN 0-87196-873-8
  • Harkabi, Y. (1988). Israel's Fateful Decisions. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 1-85043-094-2
  • Harkabi, Y. (1989). Israel's Fateful Hour. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-091613-3 (Chapter 5: Nationalistic Judaism)
  • Harkabi, Y. (1992). The Arab-Israeli Conflict on the Threshold of Negotiations. Center of International Studies, Princeton University. ISBN 99924-0-953-3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bar-Joseph, Uri (2016). The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel. New York: HarperCollins. p. 213. ISBN 9780062420138.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Professor Yehoshafat Harkabi". Independent.co.uk. 13 September 1994.
  3. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1993 (in Hebrew)".
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