Authoritarianism Curbed? Populism, Democracy and War in Israel
Guy Ben-Porat & Dani Filc
References
Avigur‐Eshel, A. and Filc, D. (2021). “Not merely ideological: The political economy of populism in government.” Swiss Political Science Review, 27(2), pp.506-526.
Ben-Porat, G. (2005). “Netanyhau’s Second Coming: A Neoconservative Policy Paradigm.” Israel Studies, 10, no. 3: 225–245
Ben Porat, G. and Filc, D. (2022). “Remember to be Jewish: religious populism in Israel.” Politics and Religion, 15(1), pp.61-84.
Ben-Porat, G. and Yuval, F., (2007). “Israeli neo-conservatism: rise and fall?” Israel Studies Review, 22(1), pp.3-25.
Betz, H.G., (2001). “Exclusionary Populism in Austria, Italy, and Switzerland.” International Journal, 56(3), pp.393-420
BHH. (2023). Poll: This is the picture of the elections, https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1576373 (last entered August 2023) (Hebrew).
Cohen, J.L. and Arato A. (2018). “Civil society, populism, and religion.” Routledge handbook of global populism, pp.112-126.
Chaves, Mark (1994). “Secularization as Declining Religious Authority.” Social Forces 72(3), pp. 749–774.
De la Torre, C. (1997). “Populism and democracy: political discourses and cultures in contemporary Ecuador.” Latin American Perspectives, 24(3), pp.12-24.
Dobbelaere, Karel. (1999). “Toward an Integrated Perspective on the Process Related to the Descriptive Concept of Secularization.” Sociology of Religion, 60(3): 229–247.
Filc D. (2006). Populism and Hegemony. Tel Aviv: Resling (Hebrew).
Filc, D. (2009). The political right in Israel: Different faces of Jewish populism. Routledge
Freeden M. (1996). Ideologies and Political Theory: A Conceptual Approach Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Hermet, G. (2001). Les Populismes dans le monde: Une histoire sociologique (XIXe-XXe siècle). Fayard.
IDI, Israel Democracy Institute (2023). July 2023 Pol. https://www.idi.org.il/articles/50443 (accessed in August 2023).
Kimmerling, Baruch. (2004). Immigrants, Settlers, Natives: The Israeli State and Society Between Cultural Pluralism and Cultural Wars. Tel-Aviv: Am Oved (Hebrew).
Kopelowitz E. (2001). “Religious Politics and Israel’s Ethnic Democracy.” Israel Studies, 6:166–90
Leon, Nissim. (2014). “Ethno-religious Fundamentalism and Theo-Ethnocratic Politics in Israel.” Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 14(1):20–35.
Levi, Yonatan and Agmon, Shai. (2021). "Beyond culture and economy: Israel’s security-driven populism." Contemporary Politics, 27.3: 292-315.
Levin, Y. (2019). “Interview.” The Marker, 3(4): 19. (Hebrew).
Maariv. (2023). “A new poll: 43% of Likud voters choose unity over the reform” https://www.maariv.co.il/news/politics/Article-1023001 (accessed in August 2023) (Hebrew).
McClay, Wilfred M. (2001). “Two concepts of Secularization.” Journal of Policy History, 13, no.1: 47-72.
Miller, David. (1995). On Nationality. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Mudde, C. (2004). “The populist zeitgeist.” Government and opposition, 39(4), pp.541-563.
Mudde, C. (2007). Populist radical right parties in Europe (p. 234). Cambridge: Cambridge university press.
Müller, J.W. (2017). What is populism? Penguin UK.
Netanyahu, B. (2015). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2cUoglR1yk
Norris, Pippa and Inglehart, Ronald. (2004). Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pappas, T.S. (2019). Populism and liberal democracy: A comparative and theoretical analysis. Oxford University Press.
Peled Y. (1998). “Towards a Redefinition of Jewish Nationalism in Israel: The Enigma of Shas.” Ethnic and Racial Studies, 21: 703–27.
Ram, Uri. (2008). “Why Secularism Fails? Secular Nationalism and Religious Revivalism in Israel.” International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society, 21: 57–73.
Raz-Krakotzkin, Amnon. (2000). “Rabin’s Legacy: On Secularism, Nationalism and Orientalism.” In: L. Grinberg (ed.), Contested Memory: Myth, Nationalism and Democracy. Beersheba: Humphrey Institutue, Ben-Gurion University.
Regev, M. (2015). “Interview.” Jerusalem Post, 20.6.2015.
Shikman, I. (2019). “Netanyahu: We are brothers, one nation, no other.” Ynet, 18.6.2019. Online: https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5527146,00.html (accessed on 29.11.2020)
Shilon A. (2007), Begin 1912–1992, Tel Aviv: Am Oved (Hebrew).
Taggart P. (2000). Populism, Buckingham: Open University Press
Tamir, Y. (1995). Liberal nationalism. (Vol. 47). Princeton University Press.
Yadgar, Yaakov. (2003). “Shas as A Struggle to Create a New Field: A Bourdiean Perspective of an Israeli Phenomenon.” Sociology of Religion, 64(2):223–246
Ynet (2019). “Netanyahu in Right-Wing Convention: ‘Minority Government – A Historical National Bombing’.” Ynet.17.11.2019. Online: https://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3773890,00.html (accessed on 26.5.2020).
Ynet (2023). “Estimations in the Likud.” https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/rkmbg5rs2 (accessed in August 2023)
Ziv G. (2025). “Military Reservists and the Resistance to the Judiciary Overhaul.” Middle East Policy, 32: 33-50
Zohar, M. (2020). Facebook Post. Online: https://www.facebook.com/MKMikiZohar/photos/a.977905032227230/4480432698641095 [accessed on 29.11.2020)
Authoritarianism Curbed? Populism, Democracy and War in Israel
Guy Ben-Porat & Dani Filc
References
Avigur‐Eshel, A. and Filc, D. (2021). “Not merely ideological: The political economy of populism in government.” Swiss Political Science Review, 27(2), pp.506-526.
Ben-Porat, G. (2005). “Netanyhau’s Second Coming: A Neoconservative Policy Paradigm.” Israel Studies, 10, no. 3: 225–245
Ben Porat, G. and Filc, D. (2022). “Remember to be Jewish: religious populism in Israel.” Politics and Religion, 15(1), pp.61-84.
Ben-Porat, G. and Yuval, F., (2007). “Israeli neo-conservatism: rise and fall?” Israel Studies Review, 22(1), pp.3-25.
Betz, H.G., (2001). “Exclusionary Populism in Austria, Italy, and Switzerland.” International Journal, 56(3), pp.393-420
BHH. (2023). Poll: This is the picture of the elections, https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1576373 (last entered August 2023) (Hebrew).
Cohen, J.L. and Arato A. (2018). “Civil society, populism, and religion.” Routledge handbook of global populism, pp.112-126.
Chaves, Mark (1994). “Secularization as Declining Religious Authority.” Social Forces 72(3), pp. 749–774.
De la Torre, C. (1997). “Populism and democracy: political discourses and cultures in contemporary Ecuador.” Latin American Perspectives, 24(3), pp.12-24.
Dobbelaere, Karel. (1999). “Toward an Integrated Perspective on the Process Related to the Descriptive Concept of Secularization.” Sociology of Religion, 60(3): 229–247.
Filc D. (2006). Populism and Hegemony. Tel Aviv: Resling (Hebrew).
Filc, D. (2009). The political right in Israel: Different faces of Jewish populism. Routledge
Freeden M. (1996). Ideologies and Political Theory: A Conceptual Approach Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Hermet, G. (2001). Les Populismes dans le monde: Une histoire sociologique (XIXe-XXe siècle). Fayard.
IDI, Israel Democracy Institute (2023). July 2023 Pol. https://www.idi.org.il/articles/50443 (accessed in August 2023).
Kimmerling, Baruch. (2004). Immigrants, Settlers, Natives: The Israeli State and Society Between Cultural Pluralism and Cultural Wars. Tel-Aviv: Am Oved (Hebrew).
Kopelowitz E. (2001). “Religious Politics and Israel’s Ethnic Democracy.” Israel Studies, 6:166–90
Leon, Nissim. (2014). “Ethno-religious Fundamentalism and Theo-Ethnocratic Politics in Israel.” Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 14(1):20–35.
Levi, Yonatan and Agmon, Shai. (2021). "Beyond culture and economy: Israel’s security-driven populism." Contemporary Politics, 27.3: 292-315.
Levin, Y. (2019). “Interview.” The Marker, 3(4): 19. (Hebrew).
Maariv. (2023). “A new poll: 43% of Likud voters choose unity over the reform” https://www.maariv.co.il/news/politics/Article-1023001 (accessed in August 2023) (Hebrew).
McClay, Wilfred M. (2001). “Two concepts of Secularization.” Journal of Policy History, 13, no.1: 47-72.
Miller, David. (1995). On Nationality. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Mudde, C. (2004). “The populist zeitgeist.” Government and opposition, 39(4), pp.541-563.
Mudde, C. (2007). Populist radical right parties in Europe (p. 234). Cambridge: Cambridge university press.
Müller, J.W. (2017). What is populism? Penguin UK.
Netanyahu, B. (2015). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2cUoglR1yk
Norris, Pippa and Inglehart, Ronald. (2004). Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pappas, T.S. (2019). Populism and liberal democracy: A comparative and theoretical analysis. Oxford University Press.
Peled Y. (1998). “Towards a Redefinition of Jewish Nationalism in Israel: The Enigma of Shas.” Ethnic and Racial Studies, 21: 703–27.
Ram, Uri. (2008). “Why Secularism Fails? Secular Nationalism and Religious Revivalism in Israel.” International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society, 21: 57–73.
Raz-Krakotzkin, Amnon. (2000). “Rabin’s Legacy: On Secularism, Nationalism and Orientalism.” In: L. Grinberg (ed.), Contested Memory: Myth, Nationalism and Democracy. Beersheba: Humphrey Institutue, Ben-Gurion University.
Regev, M. (2015). “Interview.” Jerusalem Post, 20.6.2015.
Shikman, I. (2019). “Netanyahu: We are brothers, one nation, no other.” Ynet, 18.6.2019. Online: https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5527146,00.html (accessed on 29.11.2020)
Shilon A. (2007), Begin 1912–1992, Tel Aviv: Am Oved (Hebrew).
Taggart P. (2000). Populism, Buckingham: Open University Press
Tamir, Y. (1995). Liberal nationalism. (Vol. 47). Princeton University Press.
Yadgar, Yaakov. (2003). “Shas as A Struggle to Create a New Field: A Bourdiean Perspective of an Israeli Phenomenon.” Sociology of Religion, 64(2):223–246
Ynet (2019). “Netanyahu in Right-Wing Convention: ‘Minority Government – A Historical National Bombing’.” Ynet.17.11.2019. Online: https://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3773890,00.html (accessed on 26.5.2020).
Ynet (2023). “Estimations in the Likud.” https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/rkmbg5rs2 (accessed in August 2023)
Ziv G. (2025). “Military Reservists and the Resistance to the Judiciary Overhaul.” Middle East Policy, 32: 33-50
Zohar, M. (2020). Facebook Post. Online: https://www.facebook.com/MKMikiZohar/photos/a.977905032227230/4480432698641095 [accessed on 29.11.2020)
Authoritarianism Curbed? Populism, Democracy and War in Israel
Guy Ben-Porat & Dani Filc
References
Avigur‐Eshel, A. and Filc, D. (2021). “Not merely ideological: The political economy of populism in government.” Swiss Political Science Review, 27(2), pp.506-526.
Ben-Porat, G. (2005). “Netanyhau’s Second Coming: A Neoconservative Policy Paradigm.” Israel Studies, 10, no. 3: 225–245
Ben Porat, G. and Filc, D. (2022). “Remember to be Jewish: religious populism in Israel.” Politics and Religion, 15(1), pp.61-84.
Ben-Porat, G. and Yuval, F., (2007). “Israeli neo-conservatism: rise and fall?” Israel Studies Review, 22(1), pp.3-25.
Betz, H.G., (2001). “Exclusionary Populism in Austria, Italy, and Switzerland.” International Journal, 56(3), pp.393-420
BHH. (2023). Poll: This is the picture of the elections, https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1576373 (last entered August 2023) (Hebrew).
Cohen, J.L. and Arato A. (2018). “Civil society, populism, and religion.” Routledge handbook of global populism, pp.112-126.
Chaves, Mark (1994). “Secularization as Declining Religious Authority.” Social Forces 72(3), pp. 749–774.
De la Torre, C. (1997). “Populism and democracy: political discourses and cultures in contemporary Ecuador.” Latin American Perspectives, 24(3), pp.12-24.
Dobbelaere, Karel. (1999). “Toward an Integrated Perspective on the Process Related to the Descriptive Concept of Secularization.” Sociology of Religion, 60(3): 229–247.
Filc D. (2006). Populism and Hegemony. Tel Aviv: Resling (Hebrew).
Filc, D. (2009). The political right in Israel: Different faces of Jewish populism. Routledge
Freeden M. (1996). Ideologies and Political Theory: A Conceptual Approach Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Hermet, G. (2001). Les Populismes dans le monde: Une histoire sociologique (XIXe-XXe siècle). Fayard.
IDI, Israel Democracy Institute (2023). July 2023 Pol. https://www.idi.org.il/articles/50443 (accessed in August 2023).
Kimmerling, Baruch. (2004). Immigrants, Settlers, Natives: The Israeli State and Society Between Cultural Pluralism and Cultural Wars. Tel-Aviv: Am Oved (Hebrew).
Kopelowitz E. (2001). “Religious Politics and Israel’s Ethnic Democracy.” Israel Studies, 6:166–90
Leon, Nissim. (2014). “Ethno-religious Fundamentalism and Theo-Ethnocratic Politics in Israel.” Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 14(1):20–35.
Levi, Yonatan and Agmon, Shai. (2021). "Beyond culture and economy: Israel’s security-driven populism." Contemporary Politics, 27.3: 292-315.
Levin, Y. (2019). “Interview.” The Marker, 3(4): 19. (Hebrew).
Maariv. (2023). “A new poll: 43% of Likud voters choose unity over the reform” https://www.maariv.co.il/news/politics/Article-1023001 (accessed in August 2023) (Hebrew).
McClay, Wilfred M. (2001). “Two concepts of Secularization.” Journal of Policy History, 13, no.1: 47-72.
Miller, David. (1995). On Nationality. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Mudde, C. (2004). “The populist zeitgeist.” Government and opposition, 39(4), pp.541-563.
Mudde, C. (2007). Populist radical right parties in Europe (p. 234). Cambridge: Cambridge university press.
Müller, J.W. (2017). What is populism? Penguin UK.
Netanyahu, B. (2015). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2cUoglR1yk
Norris, Pippa and Inglehart, Ronald. (2004). Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pappas, T.S. (2019). Populism and liberal democracy: A comparative and theoretical analysis. Oxford University Press.
Peled Y. (1998). “Towards a Redefinition of Jewish Nationalism in Israel: The Enigma of Shas.” Ethnic and Racial Studies, 21: 703–27.
Ram, Uri. (2008). “Why Secularism Fails? Secular Nationalism and Religious Revivalism in Israel.” International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society, 21: 57–73.
Raz-Krakotzkin, Amnon. (2000). “Rabin’s Legacy: On Secularism, Nationalism and Orientalism.” In: L. Grinberg (ed.), Contested Memory: Myth, Nationalism and Democracy. Beersheba: Humphrey Institutue, Ben-Gurion University.
Regev, M. (2015). “Interview.” Jerusalem Post, 20.6.2015.
Shikman, I. (2019). “Netanyahu: We are brothers, one nation, no other.” Ynet, 18.6.2019. Online: https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5527146,00.html (accessed on 29.11.2020)
Shilon A. (2007), Begin 1912–1992, Tel Aviv: Am Oved (Hebrew).
Taggart P. (2000). Populism, Buckingham: Open University Press
Tamir, Y. (1995). Liberal nationalism. (Vol. 47). Princeton University Press.
Yadgar, Yaakov. (2003). “Shas as A Struggle to Create a New Field: A Bourdiean Perspective of an Israeli Phenomenon.” Sociology of Religion, 64(2):223–246
Ynet (2019). “Netanyahu in Right-Wing Convention: ‘Minority Government – A Historical National Bombing’.” Ynet.17.11.2019. Online: https://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3773890,00.html (accessed on 26.5.2020).
Ynet (2023). “Estimations in the Likud.” https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/rkmbg5rs2 (accessed in August 2023)
Ziv G. (2025). “Military Reservists and the Resistance to the Judiciary Overhaul.” Middle East Policy, 32: 33-50
Zohar, M. (2020). Facebook Post. Online: https://www.facebook.com/MKMikiZohar/photos/a.977905032227230/4480432698641095 [accessed on 29.11.2020)