ABSTRACT
In this chapter I relate the processes analyzed in the body of this book to the most significant recent major events in the party. The changes in the period following the traumatic events of October 1973 represent a new threshold in the developing Israeli political system. I identify this as a major crisis of confidence in the credibility of the national party leadership and in the Labor Party as a whole, which led to a “changing of the guard”—a change in the highest level of party leadership. Closely related to this is the emergence of new internal party coalitions, which may have a significant effect on the nature of factional politics and on the future of the party.
