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Explore the legacies of the Mandate period and the evolution of Israeli democracy, from the representation and multi-party system to the role of semi-governmental bodies and the challenges faced in the modern era.
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Israeli Democracy Legacies and New challenges
Legacies of the Mandate • Representation system • Multi-Party system • Voluntary basis • Functioning semi-government Jewish people Zionist Congresses Jewish Community Elected Assembly National Council Jewish Agency National Institutions Chief Rabbinate Arab Citizens
Democracy Extension? Sovereignty Exclusion? National goals enforcement? Arab Citizens Defense/security Jewish People Religion Mass immigration Settlement Challenges -Dilemmas
Responses and Implications • Authoritarian Democracy • Replacing Voluntarism + Pioneering • Orchestrating Immigrants Settlement • Emergency-Semi-Socialist Economy • Israeli Defense Forces: Unifying and Enforcement