The desert area of Negev makes about 55% of the current Israeli territory. It was initially inhabited by just 80.000 Bedouins; at present it is inhabited by 470.000 Israelis, 160.000 Bedouins and it is the seat of very important institutions like the nuclear plants of Dimona where, since the second half of the fifties, the Israeli Government developed its nuclear arsenal. David Ben Gurion, founder of the Jewish State, made a strong engagement for the inclusion of the Negev Desert, that he considered the cradle of Israel, in the Israeli State. According to Ben Gurion, as he wrote in his Memories,: «The supreme test of Israel during this generation is not in the fight against the external enemies forces, but in the ability to dominate through Science and pioneer spirit, the desert lands of our country in the dry wideness of the South and of the Negev». This note aims to illustrate the importance of the growth of the Negev for the Israeli Foreign Policy too and especially for the relations with the Federal Republic of Germany which contributed with some other countries to the project.

La regione desertica del Negev costituisce circa il 55% della superficie dell’attuale Israele. Abitato inizialmente solo da 80.000 beduini esso è ora abitato da 470.000 israeliani, da 160.000 beduini ed è sede di importantissime istituzioni come gli impianti nucleari di Dimona dove, sin dalla fine degli anni ’50, il governo israeliano ha sviluppato il suo arsenale nucleare. Fu David Ben Gurion, fondatore dello Stato d’Israele ad impegnarsi perché l’allora deserto del Negev, da lui considerato culla del popolo ebraico, fosse assegnato al nuovo Stato d’Israele. Per Ben Gurion, come scrive nelle sue memorie, «la prova suprema di Israele nel corso della nostra generazione non sta nella lotta contro le forze nemiche esterne, ma nel riuscire a dominare, con la scienza e lo spirito pioneristico, le deserte terre del proprio Paese nelle aride vastità del sud e del Negev». Questo contributo intende illustrare l’importanza dello sviluppo del Negev anche per la politica estera d’Israele e specialemnte per le relazioni dello Stato ebraico con la Repubblica Federale di Germania che contribuì con alcuni altri paesi al progetto.

La bonifica del Negev come elemento fondamentale dello sviluppo e della politica di Israele

SCARANO, Federico
2016

Abstract

The desert area of Negev makes about 55% of the current Israeli territory. It was initially inhabited by just 80.000 Bedouins; at present it is inhabited by 470.000 Israelis, 160.000 Bedouins and it is the seat of very important institutions like the nuclear plants of Dimona where, since the second half of the fifties, the Israeli Government developed its nuclear arsenal. David Ben Gurion, founder of the Jewish State, made a strong engagement for the inclusion of the Negev Desert, that he considered the cradle of Israel, in the Israeli State. According to Ben Gurion, as he wrote in his Memories,: «The supreme test of Israel during this generation is not in the fight against the external enemies forces, but in the ability to dominate through Science and pioneer spirit, the desert lands of our country in the dry wideness of the South and of the Negev». This note aims to illustrate the importance of the growth of the Negev for the Israeli Foreign Policy too and especially for the relations with the Federal Republic of Germany which contributed with some other countries to the project.
2016
Scarano, Federico
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