Likud’s success in the 2015 elections: Netanyahu’s Hobbesian moment

Navot, Doron; Rubin, Aviad

doi:10.1080/13537121.2016.1174381

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“…Some works from the 1990s and early 21 st century put too much emphasis on the direct prime minister elections which proved to be a short-lived experiment (Arian & Shamir 2001). Some scholars focus on the leader of Likud, Benjamin Netanyahu, contending that his skills or campaign strategy is the reason of the party's success (Abulof 2014;Ben-Porat, 2005;Navot & Rubin 2016). Others point to the changes in Israelis' identity.…”

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s Long Premiership and the Rise of the New Political Center: Is there a Qualitative Change in the Israeli Party System?

Skorek

2018

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Israel's party system has been characterized by the bipolar rivalry between the left-wing and right-wing blocks since the late 1970s. In recent years we could have seen at least two trends that seem to diverge from this model. For the last 9 years the Likud party has formed three successive governments which has made Benjamin Netanyahu the longest continuously serving prime minister in the history of Israel. Another new occurrence is the preservation of a significant representation of the center parties for four Knesset terms in the row. The aim of the paper is to verify whether Israel's party system has departed from the two-blocs bipolar model. Based on the empirical data (election results, government formation, party's political platforms) it examines whether the parties' rivalry in the years 2009-2018 differed qualitatively from the previous period. To answer this question the paper investigates three hypotheses. First-Likud has become a dominant party in Israel. Second-a dominant and stable Israeli right-wing parties' bloc has formed. Third-an enduring and relevant center sector has emerged in Israel's party system.

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