Polarization and Consensus-Building in Israel: The Center Cannot Hold [Paperback]

Introduction  Part I: Polarization Trends  1. The Great Division: The Fateful Polarization of (Jewish) Israeli Society in the 1980s  2. The Political Polarization Surrounding the Oslo Accords and the National Religious Party in Israel  3. To Drink or to Boycott? Israel's Borders, the BDS Movement, and the Case of SodaStream  4. A Summary of the Relationships between the Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI and the Jewish People: Closer Theological Relations, Conflicting Political Relations  5. The Two Ongoing Narratives and Current Disputes on the Affair of The Missing Yemenite Children in Israel  6. An Examination of the Liberal-Conservative Polarization in Mediated Discourse on Civic Studies in Israel  Part II: Consensus Trends and Consensus-Building  7. Government by Consensus? A Comparison of the Alignment-Likud (1984-1988) and the Likud-Blue and White (2020) National Unity Coalitions  8. Israels Secular-Religious Cleavage: Postsecular Genealogies and Remedies  9. The Politics of Arab Israelis: The Quest for Legitimacy  10. Adversarial Heritage as Consensus Heritage in a Jewish City: Arab Heritage Preservation in Ashkelon  Part III: The Middle Ground  The Maintenance of the Status Quo  11. Israel's First Antitrust Law, the Agricultural Exemption, and the Mapai-Right Liberal Rift  12. The Controversy Surrounding Prime Minister Netanyahus Position Regarding the Two-State Solution  Background and Implications  13. Polarization, Integration & Moderation: The Case of Raam  14. When State Meets Community: Trends of Consensus and Polarization - COVID-19 and Ultra-Orthodox Society in Israel  15. Visible, Blurred or Concealed: Religion and Gender in 21st Cl7