Political Culture and the Peace Movements in Israel

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Abstract

This paper examines the political culture in Israel and its shift to the radical right and how that impacted the role of the peace movements. The paper shows that the more radical the government is the more the political culture in the country is shifted to extremism .The paper shows that as a result of this shift a significant decline in the role of the peace movement to counter this radical culture. The paper analyzes the reasons behind the weakening of the Peace movement when the radicalization of the political culture is expected to be a reason for its growth.

Author

• Nahed Habiballah, Arab American University - Palestine