The Post-Oslo Israeli Populist Radical Right in Comparative Perspective: Leadership, Voter Characteristics and Political Discourse

Filc, Dani; Lebel, Udi

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“…Merkley (2020), for example, discovered a strong relationship between populist sentiment and mistrust toward intellectuals and experts. Both Saarinen et al (2020) and Filc and Lebel (2005) showed that populist party supporters tend to have lower trust in universities. And Oliver and Rahn (2016: 198) revealed that many voters of populist US candidates rather "trust in the wisdom of ordinary people than the opinions of experts and intellectuals."…”

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Science-related populism: Conceptualizing populist demands toward science

2020

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Populism is on the rise in many countries. Scholars have stated that it is characteristic for political populism to describe society as a fundamental struggle between an allegedly virtuous people and political elites which are portrayed negatively. This anti-elitist sentiment not only targets politicians, however, but also other representatives of the alleged establishment—including scientists and scholarly institutions. But the specifics of such science-related populism have not yet been conceptualized. We aim to do so, integrating scholarship on political populism, the “participatory turn,” and alternative epistemologies. We propose to conceptualize science-related populism as a set of ideas which suggests that there is a morally charged antagonism between an (allegedly) virtuous ordinary people and an (allegedly) unvirtuous academic elite, and that this antagonism is due to the elite illegitimately claiming and the people legitimately demanding both science-related decision-making sovereignty and truth-speaking sovereignty.

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2020

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“…Further, the longevity of Israel’s populist regime and its ‘tightening relationship’ with other similar regimes, namely, Bolsonaro’s Brazil, Modi’s India as well as central European populist leaders, also make it a globally significant case (Levi & Agmon, 2020). It has been argued that right‐wing populism in Israel emerged as a result of the radicalisation of the Israeli right, which experienced a ‘crisis and transformation’ in the aftermath of the Oslo Accords of 1993 and 1995 (Filc & Lebel, 2005; cf. Ilouz, 2014; Filc, 2018).…”

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Right‐wing populism and education: Introduction to the special section

Hussain

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2021

British Educational Res J

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This introduction offers an overview of the concept of populism, the debates around its definitions and its relationship with democracy and the significance of attending to populist politics in the context of education. It also lays out the political contexts in which authors have engaged with education and populist politics in the UK, Brazil and Israel, and the ways in which they understand populist shifts in education. Detailing the two main conceptions of populism used by authors in the special section, namely, populism as ideology and populism as political logic, we discuss how authors understand the construction of 'the people' and 'the elite', and the implications of the 'antagonism' between them in each case. Dividing the nine articles in the special section into three groups, we look at the ways in which right-wing populism has sought to (re)shape divisions based on race, religion and nationalities, among other things; how political and pedagogic practices are being (re)imagined to counter these divisions and populist moves; and the stakes of bringing the question of populism into education. We show how this special section has brought together different conversations and disciplinary perspectives on right-wing shifts in education, challenges to these and a potential way forward. Most importantly, we invite readers to think through the shifting role of education in democracy, as well as the divisions and hierarchies that are entailed in institutionalised education.

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“…Furthermore, it reconfirms the findings of previous research, which associated xenophobia with authoritarianism and right-wing leanings (Canetti-Nisim et al (2006: 18). However, like Filc and Lebel (2005), Canetti-Nisim et al did not identify the source of this group's xenophobic views. Instead they posited two hypotheses.…”

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“…The first explanation for the ascendance of Lieberman and Yisrael Beitenu was offered by Israeli academics Dani Filc and Udi Lebel (2005). Filc and Lebel viewed this as part of a wider ideological development 'in the West' -namely the growing strength of the radical right which Filc and Lebel describe as right-wing 'populism'.…”

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Beyond the Pale? Avigdor Lieberman and Demographic Racism in Israel

Sa’di

2009

Holy Land Studies

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The long-term shift of the Israeli public to the right has resulted in the ascendance of a host of radical right wing ideologies and political parties. Yisrael Beitenu party, led by Avigdor Lieberman, an émigré from the former USSR, has attracted special attention for its xenophobic and fierce anti-Palestinian racist platform on the one hand, and for its audience which is largely composed of new Russian immigrants on the other. Various explanations have been given for the ascendance of this party, such as the imperialist culture of its Russian audience, its populist messages which lure citizens -mostly new migrants -disillusioned with the liberal democratic system and the racism prevalent in Russian culture towards the Muslim peoples of central Asia. However, a careful review of the political attitudes of Yisrael Beitenu supporters reveals that their beliefs are not significantly different from those held by mainstream Israelis. Thus, instead of looking for explanations for the rise of Yisrael Beitenu exogenous to Israeli culture and society, this article traces these reasons to the colonial nature of Israeli society, where a schizophrenic culture has emerged in which existing reality is denied, and even condemned. The new immigrants, beside the syndrome of over-loyalty which they have, seem to misinterpret the colonial culture into which they arrived. They seem to adhere to the facts of life as they are without much obfuscation or vindication.

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The Post-Oslo Israeli Populist Radical Right in Comparative Perspective: Leadership, Voter Characteristics and Political Discourse

Cited by 17 publications

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Science-related populism: Conceptualizing populist demands toward science

Science-related populism: Conceptualizing populist demands toward science

Right‐wing populism and education: Introduction to the special section

Beyond the Pale? Avigdor Lieberman and Demographic Racism in Israel

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