One Year of Government 34 of Israel: Leading Parties’ Positions on Key Issues

Konstantin Yanovskiy, Zatkovetsky Ilia and Asya Entov
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Zatkovetsky Ilia: Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology
Asya Entov: Ariel University of Samaria

Working Papers from Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy

Abstract: The paper explores the leading Israeli parties' positions (the right-wing mainly) on the key issues. The set of "key issues" is our choice and contains Judicial (legal system) reform, Judea and Samaria status, 2nd amendment right and self-defense, other security issues, economic policies. The paper is focused primarily on the most important issues like Kfar Duma arson case (investigation was accompanied by grave violation of suspected persons' rights), terror wave, Gas deal, new legislation weakening real estate owner's rights for the developers' benefit and more. The principal issue of the paper is the parties' commitments to their pre-election promises and informal mandates

Keywords: Party political platform; consistent position; Right-Left cleavages; ideology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 D73 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17
Date: 2016, Revised 2016
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