Local Communities and the Israeli Polity: Conflict of Values and Interests

305 Pages·1993·18.791 MB·English

by  Efraim Ben-Zadok

Local Communities
and the
Israeli Polity
SUNY Series in Israeli Studies
Russell Stone, Editor
Local Communities
and the
Israeli Polity
• Conflict of Values and Interests
edited by
Efraim Ben-Zadok
State University of New York Press
To My Father,
Eliyahu
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Local communities and the Israeli polity: conflict of values and
interests / edited by Efraim Ben-Zadok.
p. cm.-(SUNY series in Israeli studies)
Includes index.
ISBN 0-7914-1561-9 ISBN 0-7914-1562-7 (pbk.)
1. Israel-Politics and government. 2. Pressure groups-Israel.
3. Community power-Israel. 4. Central-local government relations
-Israel. 5. West Bank-Politics and government. I. Ben-Zadok,
Efraim. II. Series.
JQ1825.P359L63 1993
306.2'095694-dc20 92-40893
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CONTENTS
List of Tables and Figures IX
Preface X111
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction
1. National and Spatial Divisions in Israel 1
Efraim Ben-Zadok
PART I • THE ARAB-JEWISH CLEAVAGE 39
2. Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza 41
Strip: Contested Domains
Donna Robinson Divine
3. The Changing Strategies of Mobilization 67
among the Arabs in Israel: Parliamentary
Politics, Local Politics, and National
Organizations
Majid Al-Haj
PART II • THE ETHNIC-CLASS CLEAVAGE 89
4. Oriental Jews in the Development Towns: 91
Ethnicity, Economic Development, Budgets,
and Politics
Efraim Ben-Zadok
5. The Integration of Renewal Neighborhoods 123
into the Mainstream of Israeli Society:
Illusion or Reality?
Hana Ofek
VlIl CONTENTS
PART III • THE RELIGIOUS-SECULAR CLEAVAGE 155
6. The Emergence of Ultra-Orthodox Neighbor- 157
hoods in Israeli Urban Centers
Yosseph Shilhav
7. Gush Emunim New Settlements in the West 189
Bank: From Social Movement to Regional
Interest Group
Giora Goldberg
PART IV • THE LEFT-RIGHT CLEAVAGE 209
8. Kibbutzim and Moshavim: From Ideological 211
Symbol to Interest Group
Neal Sherman
PART V • CLEAVAGES IN THE CITY 241
9. Jerusalem: Central Authority and Local 243
Autonomy
1m Sharkansky
Glossary 267
List of Contributors 275
Index 277