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Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-09785-8 — the Handbook of Israel's Political System Itzhak Galnoor , Dana Blander Index More Information Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-09785-8 — The Handbook of Israel's Political System Itzhak Galnoor , Dana Blander Index More Information 921 Index 100 Basic Concepts on Heritage …, 840 Agranat Commission, 171, 234, 247, 524, 542, 544, 1949 Constitution” (unwritten). See constitution: 552, 576, 577, 597, 598, 604 1949 Constitution” (unwritten) and implication for governance, 255– 56 1984 (Orwell), 479 reason for appointing, 249, 603 recommendations, 248 “a state of all its citizens,” 627, 642, 679 report, 601 Abargil, Meir, 721 Agricultural Settlement (Restriction on Use Abdulla (Emir Transjordan), 22 of Agricultural Land and of Water) Law Abnaa al- Balad (movement), 661 (1967), 629 Abortion Law, 784 Agriculture Union, 357 abortions, 767 Agudat Yisrael, 306, 358, 382, 405, 415, 466, Abraham Fund Initiatives, 662 467, 499, 769, 771– 72, 776. See also Torah Abu Rabia, Hamad, 380 Judaism, United Academy of the Arabic Language in Israel, 670 Center for Independent Education, 782 accessibility, access and chief rabbinate, 747 to centers of governance and decision- making, in coalitions, 331, 397, 418, 780 267, 273 and core curriculum, 841 to courts, 208, 209, 220, 290 Council of Torah Sages of, 771 to information, 312, 348 and Declaration of Independence, 736 and political participation, 274, 302, 853 independent education stream, 755 to public oficials, 289 opposition to constitution, 40, 41 accountability, 144, 168, 171, 177, 180, 216, 235, 243, and religious status quo, 743 317, 478 in Shamir government, 784 Accountant General, 453 Ahdut Ha’avoda (party), 22, 169, 320, 386, 589 Adalah (org.), 460, 465, 661, 662 in coalition, 415, 416 petitioning High Court, 290, 462, 630, 675 faction in Mapam, 22 and ruling on Arabic on signs, 674– 75 split from Mapai (1944), 16 Adelson, Sheldon, 499 AKIM (org.), 450 administered territories. See occupied territories Akzin, Benjamin, 39, 52, 62 Administrative Courts Law (2000), 206 al- Anbaa, 511 administrative detention, 36, 71, 539, 546, 600, al- Aqsa Mosque, 250, 253 601, 616 al- Ard (movement), 70, 444, 660, 673 administrative matters, tribunals for, 205, al- Ard (Palestinian national publication), 511 208– 09 al- Fajr (literary monthly), 511 Administrative Tribunals Law (1992), 209 al- Hamishmar (newsp.), 496, 498, 499 Adva Center, 461 Alignment (party), 146, 147, 178, 193, 386, 419, 420, advertising, 483, 504, 523 569, 816. See also Labor Party; Mapai afirmative action, 107, 693, 698, 837 and 1977 election, 418 for Arab citizens, 113, 678 electing party leader, 343 in civil service, 471, 670 in Knesset elections, 89 for women, 462 Labor Alignment, 397 Agranat, Shimon, 52, 68, 69, 673. See also Agranat Law of Return and, 752 Commission “Little” (1965), 326 921 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-09785-8 — The Handbook of Israel's Political System Itzhak Galnoor , Dana Blander Index More Information 922 922 Index al- Ittihad (newsp.), 496, 499, 511, 512 exclusion, 50, 626, 669, 676, 684, 833 al- Jazeera (TV network), 512 exemption from army service, 629, 669 Allon, Yigal, 16, 17, 18, 162, 553, 582 government policy toward, 664– 66 “Allon Plan,” 553 identiication with Palestinian struggle, 625 al- Mersad (newsp.), 511 identity, 621, 677, 685 Almond, Gabriel, 315 income, 635, 706 Aloni, Shulamit, 337, 421, 459, 471, 784, 785 intellectuals, 621 al- Sinara (newsp.), 512 Internet use by, 301 Altalena, Altalena incident, 13– 14, 19, 23, 48, 577 and Jewish- Arab relations, 621 Ben- Gurion and, 8, 14, 17 and Knesset, 664 Alterman, Natan, 494, 680n59 and Knesset elections, 380– 81 al- Yom (newsp.), 511 Knesset representation, 106, 107 AMAN, 542 land and town planning, 628– 29, 658 America- Israel Cultural Foundation, 451 laws ignoring existence of, 630– 31 Amir, Jacques, 193 legal rulings regarding, 673– 76 Amir, Yigal, 116, 253, 616, 847, 851 legal underpinnings, 626– 31 Amit, Meir, 590 and local authorities, 194 Amital, Yehuda, 770 and local elections, 27, 29, 304, 648, 653, 654 Amnesty, 91 and local lists in Arab local elections, 654 Amnesty International, 440 local governance, 653, 654 “a nation in uniform,” 581 and monitoring mechanisms, 671 “an army of the people,” 548 national awakening, 464 Anatomy and Pathology Law (1953), 418, 767 opposing poles on issue of, 622 “Another Israel” (party), 337 “Palestinization” of, 512, 668 anti- politics, 313– 14, 315, 813, 819, 848, 854 patronage toward, 664 Antiquities Law (1978), 460 perceived as “ifth column,” 621, 622, 669 Appeals committee on Income Tax place in Israeli society and state, 640 Assessments, 208 policies toward, 663– 73 Appel, David, 826 political participation, 302– 03, 637– 52, 655 Arab Center for Alternative Planning, 661 politicization among, 303 Arab citizens of Israel, 9, 11, 22, 33, 49, 50, 65, 108, poverty among, 635, 672, 715 212, 258, 389, 421, 564, 839. See also land, privatization of services, 657 expropriation of; Land Day; local authorities, protest vote, 373– 74 Arab; military rule; October 2000 events; Or and referendums, 277 Commission; unemployment: Arab residing in local councils, 184 and afirmative action, 670, 678 resource allocation to, 629, 668, 671 autonomous organizing, 304 right to vote, 20– 21 boycotting selections, 180, 304 rights and status, 465, 625 challenge to political system, 620 sense of ineficacy among, 305 changes among, 676– 77 and special election for prime minister, 180, 380 Christian, 636, 641 standard of living, 634– 36 and citizenship, 626 status of, 36, 671, 853 civil and symbolic status, 626, 627– 28 unrecognized villages of, 184, 652, 661 and civil service positions, 670 “Vision Documents,” 621, 631 civil society, 659– 63, 676 voting in Knesset elections, 304, 381, and coalition negotiations, 650 644– 48, 677 collective national rights of, 333 women, 633, 635, 710 and Constituent Assembly election, 20, 24 Arab Democratic Party (Mada), 320, 333, 358, 421, and constitution, 47, 75 638– 39, 642, 644, 651, 833 and core curriculum, 840 in elections, 380, 644 in Declaration of Independence, 20 Arab League, 623 and delegitimization of vote of, 649– 51 Beirut Declaration (2002), 618 “demographic threat,” 621 Arab Legion, 157 demography, 632– 33 Arab Movement for Renewal (Ta’al), 639, 642. discrimination against, 625, 655, 656, 662, 675 See also Ra’am- Ta’al economies, 695 Arab Organization for Civil Rights, 465 education, 633, 670, 754 Arab refugees, 512, 624, 652, 666. See also “present and election for prime minister (2001), absentees” 287, 288 internal, 623 employment, 670, 672 Arab Social List (party), 673 equality/ inequality, 626, 683 “Arab Spring,” 280, 348, 529, 621 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-09785-8 — The Handbook of Israel's Political System Itzhak Galnoor , Dana Blander Index More Information 923 Index 923 Arab Students Association, 464 Bader, Yohanan, 125 Arab Unity for Progress and Renewal Party, 639 Bader- Ofer method of election results calculation, Arabic language, 70, 486, 840 364, 365, 388 “sponsored” media in, 511 Bahloul, Zouheir, 643 status of, 628, 675 Bakehila (weekly), 515 Arab- Islamic Bloc, 639 Baker, James, 433 Arafat, Yasser, 175, 424, 433 Bakri, Mohammed, 491 Arens, Moshe, 164, 170, 560, 572, 574, 576 Balad – the National Democratic Assembly, 333, Argentina, 696 342, 365, 381, 389, 512, 639, 642, 644 Aridor, Yoram, 162, 171, 257, 700 Balfour Declaration (1917), 9, 730 Arlosoroff, Chaim, 250, 252 . See also Bechor bank shares, manipulation of and collapse, Commission to examine Arlosoroff 236, 240, 250, 257, 700. See also Beisky assassination (1981) Commission Armistice Agreements (Rhodes Agreements), Barak, Aharon, 53, 73, 92, 224, 483, 675 414, 549, 566, 595 advocate of absolute separation of powers, 216 Army Radio (Galei Zahal), 486, 487, 494, and judicial review of administrative 505, 608 authorities, 222 Arrangements Law (“Arrangement Law in the Barak, Ehud, 116, 158, 163, 258, 261, 401, 412, 423– 24, State economy”; 1985), 115, 127, 132, 142, 463, 427, 519, 555, 556, 561, 579, 588, 590, 594, 780 630. See also Budget Law, State and 1999 Knesset election, 287 Arrow, Kenneth, 353. See also “impossibility and Arab voters, 380 theorem” and Arafat, 424, 433 Ashkenazi, Gabi, 594 Camp David summit, 175 Ashkenazi, Motti, 602 defense minister, 154, 571, 576 Ashkenazim, 75, 682, 704 direct election for prime minister, 148, 177, 178, 320 education, 705 and events of October 2000, 625 Knesset representation, 106 on military- civilian relations, 580 ultra- Orthodox, 306, 466, 745 and Russian voters, 384 voting patterns, 376 and “soldiers’ votes,” 377 Assembly of Representatives (in the Yishuv), 9, and withdrawal from Lebanon, 578 742, 769 Barak, Oren, 588 elections to irst (1920), 275, 357 Barak government, 126, 153, 175, 402, 555, 569, Association for Civil Rights in Israel, 451, 554 590, 668, 670, 780 consulted by Ministry of Justice, 460 ministers resigning from, 178 and iling petitions with High Court, 462 Baranes, Amos, 94 monitoring of military activities, 612 Bar Association Law (1961), 204 use of High Court by, 221, 230, 290, 462, 674 Barenboim, Daniel, 122– 23 Association for Protecting and Defending Barlev, Haim, 162 Bedouin Rights in Israel, 465 Barnea, Shlomit, 156 Association of Americans and Canadians in Bar- On, Roni, 234n3, 826 Israel, 469 Bar- On Hebron affair, 234, 826– 27, 831 Association of Central European Bar- Yehuda, Yisrael, 432, 750 Immigrants, 468 Barzilai, Gad, 75– 76 Association of North African Immigrants, Basic Guidelines of Government Policy, 399 308, 468 Basic Law: Freedom of Occupation (1992), 52, 53, Association of the Forty, 464, 465, 652, 661 59, 116, 117, 226, 759, 782, 789 asylum seekers, 703– 04 Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty (1992), 53, Atomic Energy Commission, 599 59, 117, 226, 227, 229, 729, 789, 849 attorney general, 139, 219, 231, 234, 542, 603, 606 Basic Law: “Israel as the Nation State of the austerity program and rationing, 11, 26, 27, 34, 695.
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