Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-280) and index.
Contents
Moscow and Israel : the ups and downs of a fifty-year relationship / Robert O. Freedman -- U.S.-Israeli relations since 1948 / Robert J. Lieber -- Israel and the American Jewish community : changing realities test traditional ties / George E. Gruen -- Israel and the Arab States : the long road to normalization / Malik Mufti -- Israeli thinking about the Palestinians : a historical survey / Mark Tessler -- Labor during fifty years of Israeli politics / Myron J. Aronoff -- The right in Israeli politics : the nationalist ethos in the Jewish democracy / Ilan Peleg -- Religio-politics and social unity in Israel : Israel's religious parties / Chaim I. Waxman -- The Arab parties / Elie Rekhess -- The changing political economy of Israel : from agricultural pioneers to the "Silicon Valley" of the Middle East / Ofira Seliktar -- The press and civil society in Israel / Michael Keren -- Epilogue : the 1999 elections and the victory of Ehud Barak / Mark Rosenblum.
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Summary
''Deals authoritatively with some of the most critical issues facing Israel in the last half-century. The authors write with objectivity, presenting original insights in a diverse range of subjects.''Don Peretz, emeritus professor of political science, State University of New York at BinghamtonThis comprehensive review of the first 50 years of Israels existence surveys the major events of its history as well as the underlying trends in Israeli politics, economics, and foreign policy that will direct the countrys evolution into the new century.