Dr. Israelit Rubinstein Bet-Yatziv/ Kaye College Israel June 2013 Bet Yatziv/Kaye - Israelit, June 2013

The New History since the midst of the 19 th century Establishing of a Jewish nation state Promotion of socialism as the basic socio- economic platform Loyalty to the Jewish culture - as opposed to religious tradition Commitment to democracy and universal values "Creation" of a new Israeli type as opposed to the diaspora Jew Bet Yatziv/Kaye - Israelit, June 2013

Hegemonies Culture – Up to late 70 th Jewish - Israeli Western – European Democratic – “republican” model Secular – ambivalence towards tradition Patriotic - building a new society Uniqueness and insecurity Reformist – the new replaces the old Socialistic

Dramatic Changes - since the 80th Immense demographic changes Shaking the legitimation of our “forefathers” Processing towards liberal democracy The win of globalism and neo-liberalism Weakening of the center Radicalism as the preferred expression Weakening of consensual democracy Bet Yatziv/Kaye - Israelit, June 2013

Nowadays - since the 90th Political draw – accelerating changes Empowering of marginal groups - periphery “Empty” center – instability Multi narratives Globalism – localism - Americanization Empowering the individual Emerging of class identification Bet Yatziv/Kaye - Israelit, June 2013

Multiculturalism - The main players Secular, traditional, religious, ultra orthodox Jewish, Arabs (Palestinians), other nations Jewish, Muslims, Druze Bedouin, Christian etc. Classes & groups outside the inner stratification Doves – Hawks Westernizers – Easterners Gender based Ethnicity based Bet Yatziv/Kaye - Israelit, June 2013

Selected Data: 8,012,000 inhabitants + 200,000[?] foreign workers Jewish – 76% 6,080,000 Not defined: 318,000 48% secular 35% traditional 12% religious 5% ultraorthodox Arabs – 17% 1,656,000 83% Muslims 9% Christian 8% Druze Bet Yatziv/Kaye - Israelit, June 2013

Percentages of Muslims Muslims , % 19551, % 19722, % 1995 [2] [2] 4, % 20004, % 20115,921.71, % Bet Yatziv/Kaye - Israelit, June 2013

Population Density Bet Yatziv/Kaye - Israelit, June 2013