By Ami Pedahzur
This ebook seems to be on the theoretical factor of the way a democracy can safeguard itself from these wishing to subvert or wreck it, with out being required to take measures that may impinge upon the elemental ideas of the democratic thought, corresponding to human rights, freedom of speech, and the liberty to shape political firms. during this ebook institutional and social frameworks are included into the dialogue of the 'paradox' in an try to offer a solution to the query: is there a golden direction that can reconcile among the democratic polity's have to safeguard itself and, while, hold accountability to guard and guard the elemental correct of its electorate? in regards to the AuthorAmi Pedahzur is Lecturer within the division of Political technology on the college of Haifa, Israel. [C:\Users\Microsoft\Documents\Calibre Library]
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46 Ephraim Yuchtman-Yaar and Tamar Hermann, ‘The Latitude of Acceptance: Israeli Attitudes toward Political Protest Before and After the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin’, Journal of Conflict Resolution, 7:6 (1998), pp. 721–43. 47 Ilan Shahar, Haredim LTD ( Jerusalem: Keter, 2000) (Hebrew). 48 Sprinzak, ‘Extremism and Violence in Israel’, p. 119. 29 RJE1 8/15/02 11:16 AM Page 30 1 The Israeli response to extremism: the parliamentary arena rom the start of the twentieth century, the political party became a pivotal institution in politics.
Kach and Israeli politics – the early years Meir Kahane, leader of the militant Jewish Defence League in the United States, emigrated to Israel in September of 1971 and brought with him a new rhetoric and violent political style previously unknown to Israeli society or political life. Upon his arrival in Israel he declared that it was not his intention to become involved in Israeli politics, but rather that he would like to devote his time to education. 17 At that time, the Israeli political establishment did not consider Kahane as a threat of any kind.
Therefore, the questionnaire includes reference to each cluster of types of response as they are demonstrated in the different parts of the book. notes 1 2 John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (Indianapolis: Hackett, 1982). Karl Popper, The Open Society and its Enemies (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1962), Vols 1, 2. 3 John Rawls, ‘Liberty, Equality and Law’, in Sterling M. ), The Tanner Lectures on Human Values (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987), pp. 1–87. 4 Piero Ignazi, ‘Reaction to Thoughts by Giovanni Capoccia on Doctoral Research in Progress’, ECPR News, 10:3 (1999), p.