Using the Arab-Israeli conflict as the organizing concept of this volume, the authors focus on how reactions to the conflict are reflected in voting behaviour and coalition negotiations.
Forty years after becoming an independent state, Israel is still involved in deadly strife with many of its Arab neighbors and with the Palestinians under its military control. The protracted Arab-Israeli conflict is one of the most fundamental features of the Israeli experience; it overshadows economic and social decisions, and often sets the poli