In Search of Identity: The Ongoing Crisis of Israeli Society

Describes and analyzes the main divisions within Israel's heterogenous society.

In November 2022, Israeli citizens went to the polls to elect their representatives to the legislature, the Knesset, for the fifth time in less than four years. This was the culmination of a political crisis that began in November 2018 when Avigdor Lieberman resigned from his position as minister of defense after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to approve a significant military move in the Gaza Strip. Since then, Israel has been caught in a political whirlwind. In Search of Identity seeks to find out the nature of the crisis in Israel by analyzing the main rifts in Israeli society. It describes and analyzes the main splits within Israel's heterogenous society, arguing these divisions have social, ideological, and political consequences, the most important being a lack of common national interests and vision. The goal herein is to present a society and country that has long been searching for identity, not only geographically but also in terms of moral values, ethics, and integrity.

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In Search of Identity: The Ongoing Crisis of Israeli Society

Describes and analyzes the main divisions within Israel's heterogenous society.

In November 2022, Israeli citizens went to the polls to elect their representatives to the legislature, the Knesset, for the fifth time in less than four years. This was the culmination of a political crisis that began in November 2018 when Avigdor Lieberman resigned from his position as minister of defense after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to approve a significant military move in the Gaza Strip. Since then, Israel has been caught in a political whirlwind. In Search of Identity seeks to find out the nature of the crisis in Israel by analyzing the main rifts in Israeli society. It describes and analyzes the main splits within Israel's heterogenous society, arguing these divisions have social, ideological, and political consequences, the most important being a lack of common national interests and vision. The goal herein is to present a society and country that has long been searching for identity, not only geographically but also in terms of moral values, ethics, and integrity.

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In Search of Identity: The Ongoing Crisis of Israeli Society

In Search of Identity: The Ongoing Crisis of Israeli Society

by Gadi Hitman
In Search of Identity: The Ongoing Crisis of Israeli Society

In Search of Identity: The Ongoing Crisis of Israeli Society

by Gadi Hitman

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Describes and analyzes the main divisions within Israel's heterogenous society.

In November 2022, Israeli citizens went to the polls to elect their representatives to the legislature, the Knesset, for the fifth time in less than four years. This was the culmination of a political crisis that began in November 2018 when Avigdor Lieberman resigned from his position as minister of defense after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to approve a significant military move in the Gaza Strip. Since then, Israel has been caught in a political whirlwind. In Search of Identity seeks to find out the nature of the crisis in Israel by analyzing the main rifts in Israeli society. It describes and analyzes the main splits within Israel's heterogenous society, arguing these divisions have social, ideological, and political consequences, the most important being a lack of common national interests and vision. The goal herein is to present a society and country that has long been searching for identity, not only geographically but also in terms of moral values, ethics, and integrity.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798855803204
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 08/01/2025
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 176
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Gadi Hitman is Chair of the Middle East and Political Science Department at Ariel University. He is the author of several books, including The Fatah-Hamas Rift: An Analysis of Failed Negotiations, also by SUNY Press, and Saudi Arabia: A SWOT Analysis of a Family-Wahhabi Nationalism Case Study.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Theoretical Dimensions of Identity and Cleavages

2. The Evolution of Right and Left

3. Statehood and Religion

4. The Jewish-Arab Cleavage

5. The Internal Arab Rift

Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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