2018/10/18 by Nissim Leon · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies #Middle East Politics and Society #Political Conflict and Governance
paper · doi:10.1080/13537121.2018.1530433
openalex publication_date 2018/10/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/04/02
The significance of the electoral ‘mahapach’ (upheaval) is not limited to the Likud’s rise to power in 1977 for the first time in Israel’s history. It also brought secondary upsets in the form of changes of guard among other political forces. This article focuses on three such ‘aftershocks’ which remoulded Israel’s religious political sphere: the metamorphoses in ethnic, Haredi and religious-Zionist politics. The political change of guard in each of these areas as a result of the mahapach boosted the power of religious forces, transforming them from marginal, largely reactive factors into active players with lasting impact on the moulding of Israeli society.