[EotS] Enemy of the State - Israel 1950

[ThunderHawk3]

((Since no one else has declared their candidacy, adriankowaty becomes leader of the Labor faction.

Cleeque becomes the leader of Mapai by default.

It's the government's turn.))

 

[Andre Massena]

Israeli workers are now led by a Nazi. I am alarmed for our nation.

 

[Andre Massena]

Order: Implement minimum safety standards for Israeli workplaces. The government shall compensate companies for complying with the safety standards.

 

[Caspoi]

Ishmael Leblin, Chief of General Staff and Prime Minister of Israel​

"Education. It is the greatest of virtues that the Jewish people possess, time and again we have persevered through the knowledge that we could bring. And yet our very own nation does not possess the facilities to provide the education that the people require. This must be rectified, schools must be built to aknowledge our ever growing population, the people must each have a facility that may give them the skills they need to compete in a hostile world. A new policy is to be implemented, providing free mandatory education for every citizen, no matter their origin or ethnicity. There they may be taught about the great history of Israel as well the righteous Zionist cause. Furthermore we must ensure that every school is to have courses in the Hebrew language. It is the language of the nation, the sign of the redemption of the land, the unifier of our people, and yet despite that many of us can not even speak it properly. Thus full knowledge of the language of ancient Judah and Israel will be part of the new mandatory education program."

Order (Policy): Expand the education system and make it mandatory for the children to be taught, with more state schools being built and subsidies for free schools that fullfill the requirements. Noteworthy parts of the program are that people are to be taught the Hebrew language, aside from any other language that they may know or be taught, as well as teachings regarding the history of Israel and the Zionist movement and their legitemacy and necessity.

 

[BlackCrown]

Order: Begin a lengthy and thorough campaign showing off the virtues of Israel to the foreign world and the necessary protection it provides from the millennia of persecution and attempted extermination that has remained constant against the Jewish people. Some of these key virtues include Israel’s democratic system and stable government, as well as the popular mandate which backs it.

 

[ThunderHawk3]

1955: Ishmael Leblin​

1. Basic safety gear. The Rabinovich interior ministry oversaw distribution and installation of public safetly equipment in most Israeli workplaces in 1954.​

Probably the government's most successful policy of 1955 came from David Rabinovich's interior ministry. In 1955, the Interior Ministry, which had heavily concerned itself with housing and economic development in past year, suddenly became extremely concerned about workplace safety standards. Curiously, this followed a 1954 Mapai report that workers were concerned about safety - it was almost as if the government had read it.

Rabinovich spearheaded an expensive but widely praised program of implementing workplace safety standards, with the government paying for most, but not all of the costs, of equipment and safety-related renovations. Under the program, fire-fighting equipment was added to workplaces, guard rails and protective gear were introduced in factories, and Israel's limited number of mines saw ventilation and air filtration equipment for the first time, substantially reducing mortality in all cases. However, most of this safety equipment had to be imported at high cost from Europe or America.

[+7 Debt, +8 Health, +5 Approval]

2. A Hebrew high school and gymnasium in Tel Aviv, 1936.​

The Prime Minister personally oversaw the creation of a public school system in Israel in 1955. Although Israel had always had educational institutions (dating back to the early days of the Palestinian mandate), public school essentially didn't exist except in a few municipalities. With increasingly large numbers of impoverished aliyah immigrants integrating into Israel society, the need for low-cost or free schooling had become obvious. Leblin ordered a massive expansion of what little public schooling existed in Israel; in most cases, this meant building new schools from the ground up.

Leblin expected the public education program to be massively popular, and with good reason. Education was widely considered a Jewish value, and Leblin had chosen to emphasize Hebrew language and Jewish history. However, his emphasis on ideological education, like the legitimacy and necessity of the Zionist movement, unexpectedly backfired as rumors spread that Leblin's school initiative was actually a secret program to give all students an ultranationalist Herut-aligned military indoctrination rather than a neutral education. Though these rumors were false (as far as was known, anyway), Leblin himself fueled them by inserting numerous references to Herut and the military and the expansion of Israel in education-related statement and speeches. In one particularly high profile gaffe, Leblin referred to students as the "future soldiers of Israel" at an elementary school ribbon-cutting ceremony. Parents were not pleased.

[One-off effect: -3 Approval]
[Public Education social policy: Every turn, +Debt, +Education equal to 5% of State Power.]

3. John Abrams visits Cuba to convince them that Israel is a stable American-aligned anti-Communist democracy, just like them.​

Lastly, John Abrams was dispatched on another globe-trotting diplomatic mission to extol the virtues of Israel and the "necessary protection it provides from the millennia of persecution and attempted extermination" of the Jewish people, particularly emphasizing Israel's "democratic system and stable government." The actual aim of this mission was to convince the international community, particularly the West, to accept Israel's growing military buildup as a precautionary self-defense measure. Abrams performed well enough, and was warmly received in France and by Jewish groups in the United States, but his success was difficult to quantify. Reception in the Eastern Bloc remained cold, reports emerged in the public press of Soviet weapons flowing into Egypt - something Abrams' embassy did little to stop.

[-2 International Hostility]

"Talk is cheap."

[Static Modifiers:
Corruption: -1 State Power, -1 National Wealth
Education: -2 Unemployment, +2 National Wealth
Inequality: -2 Approval
Unemployment and Inflation: -1 Approval
Trade Relations: +1 Unemployment, +1 National Wealth
National Optimism: +3 Approval
]

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((It's now the factions' turns. I need orders from Caspoi, chopak, and adriankowaty as heads of the military, business, and labor factions respectively.))

Policies/disasters currently active:

Government:

1. Income Tax, economic policy: Every turn, -Debt equal to 10% of State Power, -Approval equal to half of the same, economic effects subject to change

2. House Construction, economic/social policy: Every turn, +Debt equal to 5% of State Power, +National Wealth, -Inequality equal to half of the same.

3. Reparations From Germany, economic/diplomatic policy: Every turn, -10 Debt, +1 National Wealth, -2 Approval. To be removed in 1964.

4. Public Education, social policy: Every turn, +Debt, +Education equal to 5% of State Power.

Nemesis:

1. Black Market, economic/diplomatic disaster: Every turn, +Crime, +Corruption, +International Hostility, -State Power, +Trade Relations equal to 3% of Crime. Also generates funds for the Nemesis.

Extra: Military Bloat, military disaster: Every turn, +3 Debt, +1 Military Quality, -1 National Wealth.

Static Modifiers:

Spoiler

1. Corruption: reduces State Power and National Wealth by 3% of Corruption, rounded up, every turn. It also has a chance, equal to corruption, of increasing Debt or decreasing Approval by 5% of Corruption every turn.

2. Health: has a chance of causing a pandemic each turn equal to (100-Health)/5%. Pandemics have various effects. They're never good.

3. Education: reduces Unemployment and increases National Wealth by 3% of Education every turn. Education also has a chance, equal to Education/5 as a %, of creating a technological breakthrough every turn. Breakthroughs have positive effects.

4. Inequality: reduces Approval by 3% of Inequality every turn. Inequality has a chance equal to Inequality/5 as a % to cause riots each turn. These increase crime and have other negative effects.

5. Unemployment and Inflation: both erode Approval by 3% every turn, and may trigger a Winter of Discontent, which will erode social stats.

6. International Hostility: May trigger economic sanctions.

7. Trade Relations: reduce Inflation and raises Unemployment and National Wealth by 3% of Trade Relations every turn.

8. National Optimism: Raise Approval by 3 or 4 (even chance, so an average of 3.5) every turn.

Stats

Spoiler

# of government Orders/turn: 3
# of government Policy Slots: 4

Political

-Approval: 56
-Corruption: 15
-State Power: 39

Social

-Health: 46
-Education: 63
-Inequality: 50
-Crime: 12

Economic

-National Wealth: 54
-Debt: 41
-Unemployment: 23
-Inflation: N/A

Military

-Quality: 51
-Quantity: 50
-Military Loyalty: 80
-Clout: 1

[Military Strength = Quality * Quantity/100, rounded up, btw]

Diplomatic

-International Hostility: 81
-Trade Relations: 22
-Foreign Influence: 20

Business:
-Wealth: 16
-Clout: 0

Labor Unions:

-Unionization: 30
-Clout: 0

Constitution:

Spoiler

Government Type: Parliamentary Republic
Title of Leader: Prime Minister (IC chosen by an apolitical President)
Name of Nation: State of Israel

Election Process: Vote by party; coalition of parties with a majority of the vote chooses the Prime Minister
Ballots: Public

Leader Term: 4 years
Supply Limit: 3 votes
Term Limit: None
Removal Process Mid-Term: No confidence by majority vote
If Leader Dies/Is Removed: New elections

Necessary Majority to Amend Constitution: Bare majority [Constitution is not codified]

Opposition Parties Allowed: Yes
Can Purge/Kill Players: No
Government Must Reveal Orders: Yes

Nemesis Stats:

Spoiler

1 order per turn
1 disaster slot

 

[ThunderHawk3]

((@chopak -- Do you have business faction orders for me?))

 

[ThunderHawk3]

1955: Factions​

1. Kibbutz farmers working a communal cotton field.​

With the Israeli unions in almost total disarray, Zentrum leader Adrian Wiechoczek assumed control of the labor movement following the death of Samson Rouvin. Wiechoczek was an extremely controversial choice for labor leader for various reasons; he was not Jewish, and other members of the Knesset routinely accused him of Nazism, with Interior Minister David Rabinovich a particularly outspoken critic. Immediately on assuming the labor leadership, Wiechoczek announced a plan to construct new communally owned farms or plots of land (which he typically described as estates). In his vision for the estates, Wiechoczek outlined several goals, including fair labor conditions and increasing agricultural production for the domestic and international market. The estates Wiechoczek described were virtually identical to Israel's traditional communal farms, the kibbutz, which had been around for decades, and his plans were not regarded as controversial.

However, the catch was that the Israeli labor unions didn't actually have the funds to bankroll the construction of new kibbutz-style communal farms, and Wiechoczek's grand project was dependent on donations (since Wiechoczek had envisioned communal ownership, it wasn't really possible to invest in his idea with the expectation of a return per se). Wiechoczek raised relatively modest funds for the project, though perhaps more than could have been expected under the circumstances, and the estates were quickly created. Unemployment did drop off slightly as thousands of workers flocked to the new communal farms, but little else seemed to happen economically - most fertile Israeli land was already being worked before Wiechoczek unveiled his plan.

[-2 Unemployment, -2 Inequality]

2. A black market bazaar stall in the Negev.​

While Wiechoczek was breaking with his predecessor's practices of campaigning, Izaak Blaumberg was back to his traditional schemes of directing business investment. Fresh off his successes in heavy industry (and with the failure of the resource prospecting venture all but forgotten), Blaumberg hatched a new plan. The black market, he reasoned, was doing a strong trade in illegal foreign goods. What if he instead imported these goods legally and sold them legally?

Blaumberg quickly discovered that there were several flaws with his idea, most notably that companies were already doing this, and that the appeal of the black market was that it was cheaper than legal alternatives and contained highly illegal, stolen, and counterfeit goods - things that Blaumberg couldn't replicate legally. Also, while black market trade ran in the millions of dollars a year through Israel, it ultimately wasn't that big a business. Lastly, Arab League threats of second and tertiary sanctions against anyone who traded with Israel made it tough for Blaumberg's import businesses to flourish. He established various trade companies in Israel and abroad, but little profit was made.

[+5 Trade Relations]

3. Palestinian villagers who fled return home after IDF troops massacre their families.​

Given Nasser's rapid armament in Egypt, most Israeli politicos expected Ishmael Leblin to begin a similar stockpiling of arms in Israel. However, Leblin once again proved them all wrong. Instead, acting in his capacity as head of the Israeli military, Leblin decided that he had not gone far enough against the Fedayeen. After all, Palestinian Fedayeen attacks were intensifying rather than dropping off.

To counterattack the Fedayeen, Leblin decided to implement a vicious policy of reprisal that went far beyond even the blood-for-blood raids he's begun the previous year. He stipulated that anyone spotted crossing the border without authorization was to be shot on sight (the border guard had already been doing this so it wasn't much of a change). He also decreed that the IDF would conduct indiscriminate reprisal attacks against the villages of Fedayeen attackers. An allusion to the families of the Fedayeen attackers in the order made it clear he intended to slaughter the families of the perpetrators. Starting in 1955, the IDF began to conduct reprisal attacks against what were assumed to be the villages of the Fedayeen with infantry raids, artillery, and airstrikes. Complying with Leblin's explicit directive to be "more indiscriminate" and demonstrate "a greater degree of ruthlessness," civilians were often targeted random. Thousands of Arab villagers were killed by the IDF in the Gaza Strip and Jordan in 1955. Smaller numbers of deaths were reported in Lebanon and Syria. By comparison, fewer than thirty Israelis died in Fedayeen raids in 1955.

4. Remnants of a remote Arab village after an IAF air strike.​

These brutal measures did appear to cut down on the number of Fedayeen attacks in 1955 (as compared to 1954), but the price was extreme. The Arab world was appalled; Israel was universally condemned at the United Nations. Leblin was branded a war criminal. Most of the IDF reprisals had targeted the West Bank. Jordan lodged a complaint with the UN Security Council that Israel was committing a deliberate and unnecessary act of war. The Council came close to demanding a stop to the strikes under threat of embargo against Israel; the French reluctantly interceded on Israel's behalf and vetoed the resolution. The Jordanian army in the West Bank was mobilized and placed on alert.

At home, the reprisals were treated more sympathetically. Many Israelis had bayed for blood after the brutal Fedayeen attacks of 1954 and felt they had got it. Leblin's far-right base was satisfied. However, even in Israel, many recoiled at the scale of the slaughter Leblin wrought, and criticism blunted his attempts to further militarize and expand the border guard.

The PLO/Fedayeen, who had been heavily shifting to Egypt since 1953, had become almost entirely Egyptian by the end of 1955 - though the Jordanians were no less incensed than the Egyptians.

[+3 Approval, +10 International Hostility]

"Thus always to those who attack Israel."

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((Nemesis' turn.))

Policies/disasters currently active:

Government:

1. Income Tax, economic policy: Every turn, -Debt equal to 10% of State Power, -Approval equal to half of the same, economic effects subject to change

2. House Construction, economic/social policy: Every turn, +Debt equal to 5% of State Power, +National Wealth, -Inequality equal to half of the same.

3. Reparations From Germany, economic/diplomatic policy: Every turn, -10 Debt, +1 National Wealth, -2 Approval. To be removed in 1964.

4. Public Education, social policy: Every turn, +Debt, +Education equal to 5% of State Power.

Nemesis:

1. Black Market, economic/diplomatic disaster: Every turn, +Crime, +Corruption, +International Hostility, -State Power, +Trade Relations equal to 3% of Crime. Also generates funds for the Nemesis.

Extra: Military Bloat, military disaster: Every turn, +3 Debt, +1 Military Quality, -1 National Wealth.

Static Modifiers:

Spoiler

1. Corruption: reduces State Power and National Wealth by 3% of Corruption, rounded up, every turn. It also has a chance, equal to corruption, of increasing Debt or decreasing Approval by 5% of Corruption every turn.

2. Health: has a chance of causing a pandemic each turn equal to (100-Health)/5%. Pandemics have various effects. They're never good.

3. Education: reduces Unemployment and increases National Wealth by 3% of Education every turn. Education also has a chance, equal to Education/5 as a %, of creating a technological breakthrough every turn. Breakthroughs have positive effects.

4. Inequality: reduces Approval by 3% of Inequality every turn. Inequality has a chance equal to Inequality/5 as a % to cause riots each turn. These increase crime and have other negative effects.

5. Unemployment and Inflation: both erode Approval by 3% every turn, and may trigger a Winter of Discontent, which will erode social stats.

6. International Hostility: May trigger economic sanctions.

7. Trade Relations: reduce Inflation and raises Unemployment and National Wealth by 3% of Trade Relations every turn.

8. National Optimism: Raise Approval by 3 or 4 (even chance, so an average of 3.5) every turn.

Stats

Spoiler

# of government Orders/turn: 3
# of government Policy Slots: 4

Political

-Approval: 59
-Corruption: 15
-State Power: 39

Social

-Health: 46
-Education: 63
-Inequality: 48
-Crime: 12

Economic

-National Wealth: 54
-Debt: 41
-Unemployment: 21
-Inflation: N/A

Military

-Quality: 51
-Quantity: 50
-Military Loyalty: 80
-Clout: 1

[Military Strength = Quality * Quantity/100, rounded up, btw]

Diplomatic

-International Hostility: 91
-Trade Relations: 27
-Foreign Influence: 20

Business:
-Wealth: 16
-Clout: 0

Labor Unions:

-Unionization: 30
-Clout: 0

Constitution:

Spoiler

Government Type: Parliamentary Republic
Title of Leader: Prime Minister (IC chosen by an apolitical President)
Name of Nation: State of Israel

Election Process: Vote by party; coalition of parties with a majority of the vote chooses the Prime Minister
Ballots: Public

Leader Term: 4 years
Supply Limit: 3 votes
Term Limit: None
Removal Process Mid-Term: No confidence by majority vote
If Leader Dies/Is Removed: New elections

Necessary Majority to Amend Constitution: Bare majority [Constitution is not codified]

Opposition Parties Allowed: Yes
Can Purge/Kill Players: No
Government Must Reveal Orders: Yes

Nemesis Stats:

Spoiler

1 order per turn
1 disaster slot

 

[ThunderHawk3]

1955 in the World​

1. Nasser, center, meets with allies at the Bandung Conference.​

As the world balked at news that Leblin had ordered mass slaughters of Palestinian villages, the Cold War continued to swirl around Israel. Reports emerged in the media that Nasser had been accepting large amounts of Soviet aid; Soviet guns and tanks had apparently been flowing into Egypt by way of Czechoslovakia for some time, as Nasser gave a public speech in front of lines of Russian and Ukrainian-built tanks. Meanwhile, intelligence also demonstrated that Syria had started to welcome Soviet aids and advisors. Boatloads of Soviet aircraft, armor, and guns had started arriving in Syria. The Israeli far right was shocked that Leblin hadn't started importing weapons from Israel's allies to match this Arab military buildup - after all, with Leblin an international villain and still a hardcore expansionist, it seemed very likely that Israel and its neighbors would come to blows in the near future.

2. Eastern Bloc leaders gather to sign the Warsaw Pact.​

Of course, the growth of Communist influence in the Middle East alarmed the western powers. The British consolidated its allies in the region - Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and Turkey - by convincing them to join the Baghdad Pact (METO), an anti-Communist front in the Middle East. Jordanian refusal to join was ominous, as the Jordanians had sided with the British up until very recently. Meanwhile, Nasser founded the Non-Aligned Movement in April, a bloc that included Indonesia, Yugoslavia, Ghana, and India. West Germany joined NATO in May; the Warsaw Pact was founded just days later as a massive alliance between Communist countries and Soviet satellite states. Battle lines had been drawn in Europe. Diplomats rushed to head off what seemed like the growing likelihood of war; US President Eisenhower, British PM Anthony Eden (Winston Churchill had resigned earlier that year due to ill health), French PM Edgar Faure, and Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulganin met in Geneva to diffuse tensions. After their July summit, immediate war seemed less likely, with the Mossad informing Tel Aviv that the Soviets seemed more likely to concentrate on internal consolidation of power and economic development for the time-being.

3. 4X-AKC, the Lockheed L-149 Constellation shot down by Bulgarian MIG-15s on July 27th, 1955.​

In July of 1955, Flight El Al 402 from Vienna to Tel Aviv accidentally strayed into Bulgarian air space during a storm and was shot down by Bulgarian MIG-15s, killing all 58 people aboard. Bulgarian authorities admitted shooting down the plane but refused to allow Israeli investigators into the country. After a tense pause, the Bulgarian authorities issued an official apology, saying they had been too hasty in shooting down the plane. Although the apology diffused a dangerous situation, the incident showed just how tense the situation in Europe had become, and sparked discussion in Tel Aviv about how to respond to similar incidents in the future - and how best to defend Israeli citizens abroad. Later, on September 1st, two Egyptian fighter jets penetrate Israeli airspace, and are shot down by IAF jets in a dogfight. IAF commanders suggest that the Israeli Air Force will have to be vigorously expanded to fight for Israeli airspace in the future.

• North and South Vietnam clash after a disputed referendum on national sovereignty.
• Israel obtains several of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which are kept at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
• Rosa Parks refuses to board a bus in Montgomery Alabama, one of the events that begins the US Civil Rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. arrives to coordinate a boycott of Montgomery busses.
• The Western European Union comes into existence, the modified Treaty of Brussels having been signed two years earlier.
• Elvis Presley appears on television for the first time.
• Non-white residents of Johannesburg, South Africa, are evicted as part of Apartheid. Anti-Apartheid elements adopt the Freedom Charter.
• In British-controlled Cyprus, the EOKA begins a revolt against British rule. Istanbul's Greek population is later attacked in the Istanbul Pogrom, probably in relation to the Cyprus dispute.
• The Straits Crisis continues as Nationalist and Communist China fight over outlying islands in the Sea of China. A Nationalist plot to assassinate Zhou Enlai fails.
• Austrian national sovereignty is restored. Soviet and western troops withdraw.
• Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and Sri Lanka join the United Nations.
• José Antonio Remón Cantera, president of Panama, is assassinated.
• The Sudanese Civil war begins.
• Anti-French riots occur in Morocco and Algeria.
• The Salk vaccine against polio is approved by the FDA.
• Disneyland opens in California.
• Juan Perón, President of Argentina, is deposed in a military coup.

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((It's the government's turn.))

Policies/disasters currently active:

Government:

1. Income Tax, economic policy: Every turn, -Debt equal to 10% of State Power, -Approval equal to half of the same, economic effects subject to change

2. House Construction, economic/social policy: Every turn, +Debt equal to 5% of State Power, +National Wealth, -Inequality equal to half of the same.

3. Reparations From Germany, economic/diplomatic policy: Every turn, -10 Debt, +1 National Wealth, -2 Approval. To be removed in 1964.

4. Public Education, social policy: Every turn, +Debt, +Education equal to 5% of State Power.

Nemesis:

1. Black Market, economic/diplomatic disaster: Every turn, +Crime, +Corruption, +International Hostility, -State Power, +Trade Relations equal to 3% of Crime. Also generates funds for the Nemesis.

Extra: Military Bloat, military disaster: Every turn, +3 Debt, +1 Military Quality, -1 National Wealth.

Static Modifiers:

Spoiler

1. Corruption: reduces State Power and National Wealth by 3% of Corruption, rounded up, every turn. It also has a chance, equal to corruption, of increasing Debt or decreasing Approval by 5% of Corruption every turn.

2. Health: has a chance of causing a pandemic each turn equal to (100-Health)/5%. Pandemics have various effects. They're never good.

3. Education: reduces Unemployment and increases National Wealth by 3% of Education every turn. Education also has a chance, equal to Education/5 as a %, of creating a technological breakthrough every turn. Breakthroughs have positive effects.

4. Inequality: reduces Approval by 3% of Inequality every turn. Inequality has a chance equal to Inequality/5 as a % to cause riots each turn. These increase crime and have other negative effects.

5. Unemployment and Inflation: both erode Approval by 3% every turn, and may trigger a Winter of Discontent, which will erode social stats.

6. International Hostility: May trigger economic sanctions.

7. Trade Relations: reduce Inflation and raises Unemployment and National Wealth by 3% of Trade Relations every turn.

8. National Optimism: Raise Approval by 3 or 4 (even chance, so an average of 3.5) every turn.

Stats

Spoiler

# of government Orders/turn: 3
# of government Policy Slots: 4

Political

-Approval: 59
-Corruption: 15
-State Power: 39

Social

-Health: 46
-Education: 63
-Inequality: 48
-Crime: 12

Economic

-National Wealth: 54
-Debt: 41
-Unemployment: 21
-Inflation: N/A

Military

-Quality: 51
-Quantity: 50
-Military Loyalty: 80
-Clout: 1

[Military Strength = Quality * Quantity/100, rounded up, btw]

Diplomatic

-International Hostility: 91
-Trade Relations: 27
-Foreign Influence: 20

Business:
-Wealth: 16
-Clout: 0

Labor Unions:

-Unionization: 30
-Clout: 0

Constitution:

Spoiler

Government Type: Parliamentary Republic
Title of Leader: Prime Minister (IC chosen by an apolitical President)
Name of Nation: State of Israel

Election Process: Vote by party; coalition of parties with a majority of the vote chooses the Prime Minister
Ballots: Public

Leader Term: 4 years
Supply Limit: 3 votes
Term Limit: None
Removal Process Mid-Term: No confidence by majority vote
If Leader Dies/Is Removed: New elections

Necessary Majority to Amend Constitution: Bare majority [Constitution is not codified]

Opposition Parties Allowed: Yes
Can Purge/Kill Players: No
Government Must Reveal Orders: Yes

Nemesis Stats:

Spoiler

1 order per turn
1 disaster slot

 

[Caspoi]

Ishmael Leblin, Chief of General Staff and Prime Minister of Israel​

"There is a great threat to Israel, a threat most vile whose purpose is to bring the utter ruination to us all. The threat of the smiling fiend Nasser. His machinations are obvious at this point, to the world as well as to Israel. He intends to use force of arms, supported by the Bolshevik regime, to conquer the whole of the Arab World as well as Israel. He is a threat to world security, he must be guarded against. Thus I turn to the nations of Europe, to Britain and France, for weapons to arm ourselves against this state most foul. They too must realise how greatly opposed he is to their interests and they have the means to support the nation willing to stand up to him. A Middle East under the rule of the government in Cairo is in nobody's and so we go for support so that we may see to that it never becomes a reality. Nasser's dreams are the latest obstacle to the Jewish people, they are the dreamss for a Judenrein Middle East. As such we must prepare ourselves, we must be ready to defend if he ever were to attack us. Nasser intends to use Israel as a springboard to launch his great war of conquest over the entire Middle East, We will not let him!"

Order: to travel to Britain and France and ask to buy military equipment from them, naturally focusing on achieving what is necessary for the doctrines that have been established.

 

[Andre Massena]

Orders: Improve Israel's infrastructure with a particular focus on building up the country's roads and railways.

 

[chopak]

No, no, no. Just buying the equipment is a short term solution. In 5 years we will need another supply deal to keep up with the Arabs.
What we need is tranafer of weapon manufacturing know-how to our country. Deals with foreign mnufacturers, yes. But not focused on the equipment itself but on the licensing.
We as Israeli do have all capability to make our arms ourselves, we just need blueprints!

 

[Caspoi]

No, no, no. Just buying the equipment is a short term solution. In 5 years we will need another supply deal to keep up with the Arabs.
What we need is tranafer of weapon manufacturing know-how to our country. Deals with foreign mnufacturers, yes. But not focused on the equipment itself but on the licensing.
We as Israeli do have all capability to make our arms ourselves, we just need blueprints!

We got licences before, but as the weapons production has not yet started, and it will take years for it to be capable of supplying our needs, we must buy our equipment from foreign nations, especially if we are to keep up in an arms-race with the Egyptians.

 

[adriankowaty]

And what about introducing consumables production?

 

[Andre Massena]

No, no, no. Just buying the equipment is a short term solution. In 5 years we will need another supply deal to keep up with the Arabs.
What we need is tranafer of weapon manufacturing know-how to our country. Deals with foreign mnufacturers, yes. But not focused on the equipment itself but on the licensing.
We as Israeli do have all capability to make our arms ourselves, we just need blueprints!

We should build an arms industry but that will take generations to do.

 

[chopak]

Yes, but as a part of the deal that supplies us with weapons, we should encourage military contractors to make their facilities here. You would buy materiel from western nations, but where they would be maintained? Will we send each damaged APC back to France for repairs?
We need more than just the equipment itself.

 

[ThunderHawk3]

((Since we haven't heard from @BlackCrown, @Caspoi should go ahead and submit foreign ministry orders.))

 

[Caspoi]

Order: To establish the clear and present danger that Egypt poses to the world, as well as Israel's essential role in containing them. Nasser has already shown himself prepared to conquer the Israeli nation among others and exterminate the Jewish people were he to ever get the chance, furthermore his contracts with the Soviets not only shows his ambitions but also upsets the already fragile balance in the region and upends the Triparte Declaration all for the sake of furthering Egyptian and Soviet ambitions. That agreement is now in practice over and an armsrace has begun and it is all Nasser's fault. Furthermore his nationalism regarding the Suez risks causing tremendous economical problems all around the world. In contrast Israel, while perhaps not perfect, is still a democratic nation in a region sparse with them and is the natural obstacle against Nasser's ambitions, the world has an obligation, not just because of past crimes comitted against Israel but also because of the stability of the region in the future to support her diplomatically, instead of condemning Israel for actions comitted by her rivals by tenfold magnitude.

 

[ThunderHawk3]

1956: Ishmael Leblin​

1. Israeli AMX-13 light tanks, purchased from France in 1956.​

By 1956, Leblin seemed to have almost autocratic power in Israeli politics, which was presumably how he liked it. Mapai had nearly disintegrated into confusion after the death of Samson Rouvin, since no clear leaders for the party remained, and the remaining leftist deputies seemed unable to decide on a leader or a strategy. Zentrum allied itself with the government, and the New Israel Party continued to side with the government amid growing rumors that John Abrams was seriously ill. The ultranationalist Herut party, of course, backed Leblin to the hilt.

Thus, when Leblin travelled to France and Britain in the spring of 1956 to place a massive arms order, he basically had a blank check from the Knesset; France at least was prepared to sell him weapons of any kind in virtually unlimited amounts and Britain seemed eager to sell to him as well, so the question was simply how much money Leblin was prepared to spend. Leblin, in a series of disjointed statements ahead of the trip, said he intended to buy weapons that fit into Israeli military doctrine. He was referring to the doctrines that he himself had created as Defense Minister back in 1952 (during the Abrams administration). His doctrine had called for an armored corps focused on blitzkrieg, an air force that achieved air superiority and focused on close air support, and a defensive navy, while the infantry were trained in ambush and guerilla warfare. Confusingly, Leblin had then declared the overall doctrine to be offensive, rapid first strikes.

2. French Dassault Mystère jets being flown into Israel to replace older British Spitfires.​

With all this in mind, it wasn't at all clear what equipment in particular Leblin intended to buy on his trip to France and the UK. He could buy whatever wanted, but other than tanks and fighters (which he probably would have wanted regardless of doctrine anyway), the doctrine didn't need anything in particular. Shrugging his shoulders, Leblin decided to buy a little bit of everything. Running a tab of about $150 mn[1] (actually mostly paid in German marks converted into either francs or pounds sterling), Leblin purchased close to 200 tanks - mostly French AMX-13s and smaller numbers of the more expensive, but heavier and slower, British Centurion. 48 aircraft, French Dassault Mystère IVA and Ouragans, were also bought for roughly $20 mn, becoming Israel's first jets. 6,000 military trucks and vehicles of various grades were purchased, often from WWII surplus stocks, and roughly 100,000 modern kits and rifles (which were, for various NATO-related reasons, mostly the Belgian FN FAL rather than British or French domestic designs). The Israeli navy, which Leblin had relegated to defensive functions, received little but a few small patrol boats and some modern torpedos, radios, and equipment.

Leblin was very pleased. It was like Christmas come early for the IDF, not that the IDF observed Christmas, of course.

[+8 Debt, +15 Military Quality, +5 Trade Relations]

[Military Bloat debt penalty increased.]

3. Ishmael Leblin, who on his 1956 diplomatic tour of Europe played up the threat posed by Nasser.​

While he was abroad, in the absence foreign minister John Abrams, Leblin took the opportunity to try to play up the threat that Nasser and his various nationalist ambitions posed to the West while portraying Leblin himself and his various nationalist ambitions as harmless and acceptable. Particularly, Leblin played up the growing influence of the Soviet Union in the Middle East while emphasizing that Israel was a democracy and that the west certainly should not condemn Israel for any of its actions against these godless, evil Communists. Leblin also emphasized that the Tripartite Declaration of 1950 (which guaranteed the borders of the Middle East) was effectively over. This, combined with the arms purchase, made virtually everyone Leblin spoke to suspicious. Nevertheless, the British and French happened to be very sympathetic to Leblin's many persuasive points about Nasser for mysterious reasons, and agreed to make appeals to the rest of the West on Israel's behalf. Perhaps it was that he'd just bought a huge quantity of weapons from them. Perhaps it was something less obvious...

[-5 International Hostility]

4. Holiday makers wait at Yagur Train Station.​

Long-suffering Interior Minister David Rabinovich was left to manage domestic affairs more or less on his on while the Prime Minister was away and John Abrams was apparently ill. Rabinovich pursued a vigorous campaign of transportation infrastructure construction that was uncontroversial in the Knesset. Since Israel had been growing explosively in terms of popular, but roads and bridges were largely left over from the Mandatory period, this new infrastructure proved to be much needed. Employment was mostly temporary construction jobs, but some permanent jobs were directly created, and the flood of commerce caused the economy to generally improve. By the end of the year, paved roads and railroads had already begun to appear where previously there had been nothing but arid plains and desert.

[+5 Debt, +5 National Wealth, -7 Unemployment]

[1]The GDP of Israel at this time was about $2.3 bn.

[Static Modifiers:
Corruption: -1 State Power, -1 National Wealth
Education: -2 Unemployment, +2 National Wealth
Inequality: -2 Approval
Unemployment and Inflation: -1 Approval
Trade Relations: +1 Unemployment, +1 National Wealth
National Optimism: +4 Approval
]

"That's one way to build trade relations..."

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((It's the Factions' turn now. Military, Business, and Labor, please send in orders.))

Policies/disasters currently active:

Government:

1. Income Tax, economic policy: Every turn, -Debt equal to 10% of State Power, -Approval equal to half of the same, economic effects subject to change

2. House Construction, economic/social policy: Every turn, +Debt equal to 5% of State Power, +National Wealth, -Inequality equal to half of the same.

3. Reparations From Germany, economic/diplomatic policy: Every turn, -10 Debt, +1 National Wealth, -2 Approval. To be removed in 1964.

4. Public Education, social policy: Every turn, +Debt, +Education equal to 5% of State Power.

Nemesis:

1. Black Market, economic/diplomatic disaster: Every turn, +Crime, +Corruption, +International Hostility, -State Power, +Trade Relations equal to 3% of Crime. Also generates funds for the Nemesis.

Extra: Military Bloat, military disaster: Every turn, +4 Debt, +1 Military Quality, -1 National Wealth.

Static Modifiers:

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1. Corruption: reduces State Power and National Wealth by 3% of Corruption, rounded up, every turn. It also has a chance, equal to corruption, of increasing Debt or decreasing Approval by 5% of Corruption every turn.

2. Health: has a chance of causing a pandemic each turn equal to (100-Health)/5%. Pandemics have various effects. They're never good.

3. Education: reduces Unemployment and increases National Wealth by 3% of Education every turn. Education also has a chance, equal to Education/5 as a %, of creating a technological breakthrough every turn. Breakthroughs have positive effects.

4. Inequality: reduces Approval by 3% of Inequality every turn. Inequality has a chance equal to Inequality/5 as a % to cause riots each turn. These increase crime and have other negative effects.

5. Unemployment and Inflation: both erode Approval by 3% every turn, and may trigger a Winter of Discontent, which will erode social stats.

6. International Hostility: May trigger economic sanctions.

7. Trade Relations: reduce Inflation and raises Unemployment and National Wealth by 3% of Trade Relations every turn.

8. National Optimism: Raise Approval by 3 or 4 (even chance, so an average of 3.5) every turn.

Stats

Spoiler

# of government Orders/turn: 3
# of government Policy Slots: 4

Political

-Approval: 56
-Corruption: 16
-State Power: 37

Social

-Health: 46
-Education: 65
-Inequality: 46
-Crime: 13

Economic

-National Wealth: 63
-Debt: 48
-Unemployment: 13
-Inflation: N/A

Military

-Quality: 67
-Quantity: 50
-Military Loyalty: 80
-Clout: 1

[Military Strength = Quality * Quantity/100, rounded up, btw]

Diplomatic

-International Hostility: 87
-Trade Relations: 33
-Foreign Influence: 20

Business:
-Wealth: 16
-Clout: 0

Labor Unions:

-Unionization: 30
-Clout: 0

Constitution:

Spoiler

Government Type: Parliamentary Republic
Title of Leader: Prime Minister (IC chosen by an apolitical President)
Name of Nation: State of Israel

Election Process: Vote by party; coalition of parties with a majority of the vote chooses the Prime Minister
Ballots: Public

Leader Term: 4 years
Supply Limit: 3 votes
Term Limit: None
Removal Process Mid-Term: No confidence by majority vote
If Leader Dies/Is Removed: New elections

Necessary Majority to Amend Constitution: Bare majority [Constitution is not codified]

Opposition Parties Allowed: Yes
Can Purge/Kill Players: No
Government Must Reveal Orders: Yes

Nemesis Stats:

Spoiler

1 order per turn
1 disaster slot

 

[ThunderHawk3]

((Here is a more detailed overview of the current strength, organization, equipment, and disposition of the IDF after the purchases made by Leblin in 1956.

IDF 1956:

NB: Some machines will always be out of action for lack of parts, ie: a squadron of 12 aircraft will need more than 12 planes to have full availability.

Ground:
~85,000 active duty men all told

Tank Brigades: (~50 tanks and 5,000 men each including non-combat personnel)
-1 Heavy Tank Brigade (British Centurions)
-3 Light Tank Brigades (AMX-13s)
-1 Scratch Tank Brigade (US Shermans and Miscellaneous Legacy Tanks)
NB: 50 would be a very small number of tanks per brigade by historical or modern standards

Infantry Brigades (~5,000 men each including non-combat personnel):
-12 Motorized Infantry Brigades

Air:

Fighter/CAS Squadrons (~12 aircraft):
-3 Jet Fighter Squadrons (French Dassault Mystère IV/Dassault Ouragan)
-4 Prop. Fighter Squadrons (Supermarine Spitfires)
-1 Prop. Fighter Squadron (Avia S-199 [Bf-190s])

Navy:

-1 Z-class Destroyer
-Several corvettes and smaller vessels

Standard Rifle: FN FAL
-Kitted 1956

))