ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the history of the Zionist Right and, later, the Israeli Right between its inception, through the premiership and assassination of Rabin in a poisonous political atmosphere created by the Israeli Right, to the time of writing. It provides a detailed analysis of the fundamental ideology of the Right by pointing to the common features of its factions through several decades, commonalities that have been sustained despite numerous tactical changes. The chapter explains history and the ideology of the Right and the overall political behavior of that political camp, especially during the last three decades. It discusses the capacity of the Right to adjust to new realities while maintaining its ideology. The chapter assesses the likely behavior of the Right in the future, as it attempts to maintain its traditional ideological purity in the face of changing political realities. It argues that the Zionist and Israeli Right reflect both a relativist and absolutist perspective.
