David Ben-Gurion and the ‘Demographic Threat’: His Dualistic Approach to Natalism, 1936–63

Rosenberg-Friedman, Lilach

doi:10.1080/00263206.2014.979803

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“…Encouraging Jewish immigration from abroad is often discussed within such a context. As early as the pre-state period, the Zionist national movement prioritized attaining a Jewish majority within Mandatory Palestine to guarantee that the Arab population would not outnumber the Jewish one (Rosenberg-Friedman, 2015). Throughout the years, but especially since the 1967 war, encouraging Jewish immigration has been discussed as an “existential” necessity, alongside discouraging Jewish emigration and denying the possible return of the large Palestinian diaspora—all of which are justified by the need to maintain a Jewish majority within a specific territory.…”

Section: The Securitization Of the Diaspora—the Israeli Casementioning

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Securitizing the nation beyond the state: diasporas as threats, victims, and assets

Abramson

2023

European Journal of International Relations

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Securitization theory has paid extensive attention to transnational issues, actors, and processes. Surprisingly, however, only little attention has been paid to the securitization of diaspora communities, defined as overseas citizens or co-nationals abroad. This article fills this gap by developing an analytical framework to study the securitization of diasporas, focusing on three discursive formations: diasporas as threatening actors, as objects under threat, or as security resources. Building upon the recent literature on state–diaspora engagement and drawing on an analysis of Israeli elite discourse (from 1948 to 2022), this article demonstrates how the securitization of diasporas serves as a discursive mechanism that naturalizes and legitimizes extra-territorial policies towards Jews abroad. Thus, the article complements structural and rational explanations of state–diaspora engagement by examining the intersubjective process that endows diaspora policymaking with meaning. Against the backdrop of extensive securitization scholarship that focuses on attempts to keep “foreigners” out, this article shows how securitization justifies bringing certain people in or governing their national identity abroad.

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Section: The Securitization Of the Diaspora—the Israeli Casementioning

confidence: 99%

Securitizing the nation beyond the state: diasporas as threats, victims, and assets

Abramson

2023

European Journal of International Relations

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Aliya from ‘affluent countries’ and David Ben-Gurion’s descent from the political scene

Chazan

2021

Israel Affairs

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Towards an anthropology of doubt: the case of religious reproduction in Orthodox Judaism

Taragin‐Zeller

2018

Journal of Modern Jewish Studies

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David Ben-Gurion and the ‘Demographic Threat’: His Dualistic Approach to Natalism, 1936–63

Cited by 19 publications

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Securitizing the nation beyond the state: diasporas as threats, victims, and assets

Securitizing the nation beyond the state: diasporas as threats, victims, and assets

Aliya from ‘affluent countries’ and David Ben-Gurion’s descent from the political scene

Towards an anthropology of doubt: the case of religious reproduction in Orthodox Judaism

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