Israeli Democracy at the Crossroads

Raphael Cohen-Almagor (ed.)

Routledge (London: 2005),

Also published as Special Issue of

Israel Affairs, Vol. 11, No. 1 (January 2005)

Introduction

            Raphael Cohen-Almagor

General

From Socialism to Free Market – The Israeli Economy: 1948 – 2003   

Ben-Zion Zilberfarb

Between Enlightened Authoritarianism and Social Responsibility – On Media and Politics

            Dan Caspi

Rights and Schisms

Human Rights

            David Kretzmer

Health Rights

            Carmel Shalev

Women's Human Rights: Dichotomy between Religion and Secularism in Israel

            Frances Raday

Israel as a Multicultural Democracy: Challenges and Obstacles

            Yossi Yonah

The Absorbtion of Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union

            Tamar Horowitz

Is A Halachic State Possible? The Paradox of Jewish Theocracy

            Aviezer Ravitzky

 “A Jewish and Democratic State”: Present Navigation in the Map of Interpretations

            Asa Kasher

Whither the Green Line? Trends in the Orientation of the Palestinians in Israel and the Territories

            Majid Al-Haj

Israel and Its Arab Citizens

            Hillel Frisch

Israel Facing Terrorism

            Ariel Merari

Final Words

Revisiting the Zionist Dream

            Claude Klein

Israeli Democracy at the Crossroads

            Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Notes on Contributors

Index