ABSTRACT

First published in 1988. The focus of this title, the nature and character of the Israeli political Right, gained intensive interest immediately after the Israeli elections of 1977. The author discusses this shift of political power from the Left to the Right as a profound political upheaval and discusses this alongside the prior Labour hegemony of the Yishuv. This book is separated into four parts: The territory and organisation of the right; The intellectual foundation of the right; Ideology, programme and political methods and Contradictory images.

part I|91 pages

The Territory and Organization of the Right — Political History

part II|73 pages

The Intellectual Foundation of the Right: Between Political Nationalism and National Messianism

part IV|52 pages

Contradictory Images — Right Versus Left