Besieged Bedfellows: Israel and the Land of Apartheid, Vol. 199

A provocative look at the surprisingly close relationship between Israel and South Africa. Besieged Bedfellows draws on a wealth of Western, South African, Israeli sources, including materials previously published only in Hebrew. The book examines the commercial and military spheres of this relationship as well as the available information on Israeli-South African nuclear cooperation. A seperate chapter addresses the familiar objection, "Everyone does it [business with South Africa]--why focus on Israel?" The book next gives a profile of South African Jewry and what, if any, role this community might have played in forging the connection. Besieged Bedfellows goes on to present a compelling case that there is a great deal more to the Israeli-South African relationship than expediency and realpolitik. The author demonstrates that as well as conducting business, South African whites and Israelis have shown a considerable amount of solidarity and understanding towards each other. He then carefully examines the backgrounds and ruling ideologies of these two political groups.Joseph, Benjamin M. is the author of 'Besieged Bedfellows: Israel and the Land of Apartheid, Vol. 199' with ISBN 9780313254611 and ISBN 0313254613.