Some structural and contemporary observations on Israeli politics around the "Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel" volume of Shahak&Mezvinsky

Abstract

Israel’s aggressive foreign policy and use of excessive violence trigger profound concerns and draw reaction from regional countries and international community. Israel’s sui generis domestic factors, created by socio-cultural and historically-religiously legitimized claims, closely affect its aggressiveness within the country and beyond. This article will follow a different perspective in analyzing this situation; first, Israeli domestic politics shaped by religious parameters will be discussed in detail around Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, Israel Shahak and Norton Mezvinsky’s well-known research. Then contemporary dynamics in Israeli politics creating a strong religious-right tendency will be evaluated while focusing on the last parliamentary elections (March 2021).

Keywords

• Israel
• religious
• right
• fundamentalism
• security.

References

1. Israel Shahak ve Norton Mezvinsky, İsrail’de Yahudi Fundamentalizmi, trc. Ahmet Emin Dağ, (İstanbul: Anka Yayınları, 2002).