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Israel Remains on the Right [1]

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Israel Remains on the Right. The Historical Reasons Behind a Long-established Political Supremacy

[3]
Authors:
Lorenzo Kamel [4]
07/02/2013

As a result of the last Israeli elections 48 out of 120 members of the previous Knesset will not return for another term - something hard to imagine in most democratic countries of the world. Despite this, the coming government will remain firmly on the right. This is explained by the fact that what is commonly considered the center is actually the right (at least with regard to the conflict). This paper analyses the historical conditions that favoured this long-established political supremacy. It is argued that demographic, regional and Palestinian related factors are relevant aspects for a comprehensive understanding of the issue, but that only a deeper analysis that takes on board the way in which religion, security and international law have been (mis)used can provide a full-fledged explanation.

iaiwp1306.pdf [3]

Details

  • Details

    Roma, Istituto Affari Internazionali, 2013, 16 p.
  • In:
    IAI Working Papers [2]
  • Issue

    1306
  • ISBN/ISSN/DOI:
    978-88-98042-77-7

Table of contents

Introduction
1. Explaining the shift to the right
2. The selective use of religion, security and international law
3. Two souls of Israel
References


Source URL:https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/c21/israel-remains-right

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[1] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/c21/israel-remains-right [2] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/lista/all/iai-working-papers [3] https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iaiwp1306.pdf [4] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/lorenzo-kamel