Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-365) and index.
Contents
Introduction / Robert O. Freedman -- Israel's domestic politics -- The Israeli right / Ilan Peleg -- After Rabin : the malaise of the Israeli Zionist left / Mark Rosenblum -- Israel's religious parties / Shmuel Sander and Aaron Kampinsky -- Israel's "Russian" parties / Vladimir (Ze'ev) Khanin -- Israel's Arab parties / Hillel Frisch -- Israel's supreme court / Pnina Lahav -- The Israeli economy / Ofira Seliktar -- Israel's foreign policy -- Israel and the Palestinians / Barry Rubin -- Israel and the Arab world / David W. Lesch -- Israel's strategic relations with Turkey and India / Efraim Inbar -- Israel and the United States / Robert O. Freedman -- Israel's secutiry challenges -- Existential threats to Israel / Steven R. David -- Israel's 2006 war with Hizbollah : the failure of deterrence / Elli Lieberman.
Summary
Analysis by American and Israeli specialists of political parties and elections in Israel, and Israeli foreign policy and security concerns, in the light of current events in the Middle East.
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