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ISRAELI SOCIETY : Some Insights. Dr. Israelit Rubinstein Bet- Yatziv / Kaye College Israel 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
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ISRAELI SOCIETY: Some Insights Dr. Israelit Rubinstein Bet-Yatziv/ Kaye College Israel June 2013 Bet Yatziv/Kaye - Israelit, June 2013
The New Historysince the midst of the 19th 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 70th • 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 Bet Yatziv/Kaye - Israelit, June 2013
Population Density - 2007 Bet Yatziv/Kaye - Israelit, June 2013