LEADER 02926oam 2200649I 450 001 9910454206903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-429-96992-9 010 $a1-283-13658-9 010 $a9786613136589 010 $a0-7867-2610-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780429501371 035 $a(CKB)1000000000720676 035 $a(EBL)709002 035 $a(OCoLC)301811354 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000129692 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11936997 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129692 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10079917 035 $a(PQKB)10441656 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC709002 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL709002 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10256199 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL313658 035 $a(OCoLC)1029247216 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000720676 100 $a20180706d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aContemporary Israel $edomestic politics, foreign policy, and security challenges /$fedited by Robert O. Freedman 210 1$aBoulder, CO :$cWestview Press,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (401 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8133-4385-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 357-365) and index. 327 $aContents; Preface ix; Acknowledgments xi; About the Authors xii; Maps xiv; Acronyms xvii; 1 Introduction 1 Robert O. Freedman; PART ONE - ISRAEL'S DOMESTIC POLITICS; 2 The Israeli Right; 3 After Rabin: The Malaise of the Israeli Zionist Left 45; 4 Israel's Religious Parties 77; 5 Israel's "Russian" Parties 97; 6 Israel's Arab Parties 115; 7 Israel's Supreme Court 135; 8 The Israeli Economy 159; PART TWO - ISRAEL'S FOREIGN POLICY; 9 Israel and the Palestinians 175; 10 Israel and the Arab World 197; 11 Israel's Strategic Relations with Turkey and India 227; 12 Israel and the United States 253 327 $aPART THREE -ISRAEL'S SECURITY CHALLENGES13 Existential Threats to Israel 299; 14 Israel's 2006 War with Hizbollah: The Failure of Deterrence 317; Appendix: Election Results 355; Bibliography 357; Index 367 330 $aAnalysis 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. 606 $aArab-Israeli conflict$xInfluence 607 $aIsrael$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aIsrael$xPolitics and government$y21st century 607 $aIsrael$xForeign relations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArab-Israeli conflict$xInfluence. 676 $a320.95694 676 $a956.9405/4 701 $aFreedman$b Robert Owen$0125060 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454206903321 996 $aContemporary Israel$91905868 997 $aUNINA