The Study Of France-israel Relations Before The Third Middle East War

In the period of Yishuv,out of sympathy for the disaster of Jews,France helped Jews return to Palestine.In the early stages of Israel,France acknowledged that Israel should owe right of existence and leagal statues in Middle East.Based on these,France-Israel relations would have a bright future.Under the influence of Cold War,Unit States and Soviet Union began to do confrontation in Middle East.To expand their sphere of influence in the Arab World,they not only gave up their previous pro-Israel polices,but also try to challenge France's colonial interests in Middle East.At the same time,in the Arab word,National Democratic Movement was developing.It not only combated imperialism and colonialism,but also fight against Israel.Because of these,France and Israel built a better friendly relationship.In the Second Middle East War,France cooperated with Israel to attack Egypt,and gave Israel help on the case-fire negotiations.After the Second Middle East War,they continued on developing military cooperation.In addition,they expanded economic cooperation and strengthened cultural exchanges.After de Gaull came to power in 1958,the cooperation between France and Israel still developed.However,their divergence broke out,and their relations began to get worse.The main reason was that France applied pragmatic policy in Middle East in order to face the intensified Arab-Israel conflicts.After 1962,France condemned Israel many times in Arab-Israel conflicts,because Israel chose policy of reprisal.After the Third Middle East War broke out,France denounced Israel irresponsible actions and enforced the arms embargo on Israel.At this time,France and Israel had a worse relations in their history.The evolution of France-Israel relations had a great deal of influences on themselves and international community.It make France enhance its international statues,and make Israel change its strategy about defense equipment and seek help from Unit States.With the more help that Unit States gave Israel,international relations of Middle East and internal relations of Western Coalition became more complex.