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Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-13864-3 — the Israeli Settler Movement Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler , Cas Mudde Index More Information Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-13864-3 — The Israeli Settler Movement Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler , Cas Mudde Index More Information Index 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the, 2 Ariel, Uri, 76, 116 1949 Armistice Agreements, the, 2 Arutz Sheva, 120–121, 154, 205 1956 Sinai campaign, the, 60 Ashkenazi, 42, 64, 200 1979 peace agreement, the, 57 Association for Retired People, 23 Australia, 138 Abrams, Eliott, 59 Aviner, Shlomo, 65, 115, 212 Academic Council for National, the. See Professors for a Strong Israel B’Sheva, 120 action B’Tselem, 36, 122 connective, 26 Barak, Ehud, 50–51, 95, 98, 147, 235 extreme, 16 Bar-Ilan University, 50, 187 radical, 16 Bar-Siman-Tov, Yaacov, 194, 216 tactical, 34 Bat Ayin Underground, the, 159 activism BDS. See Boycott, Divestment and moderate, 15–16 Sanctions transnational, 30–31 Begin, Manahem, 47, 48, 118–119, Adelson, Sheldon, 179, 190 157, 172 Airbnb, 136 Beit El, 105 Al Aqsa Mosque, the, 146 Beit HaArava, 45 Al-Aqsa Intifada. See the Second Intifada Beitar Illit, 67, 70, 99 Alfei Menashe, 100 Beitar Ironi Ariel, 170 Allon, Yigal, 45–46 Belafonte, Harry, 14 Alon Shvut, 88, 190 Ben Ari, Michael, 184 Aloni, Shulamit, 182 Bendaña, Alejandro, 24 Altshuler, Amos, 189 Ben-Gurion, David, 46 Amana, 76–77, 89, 113, 148, 153–154, 201 Ben-Gvir, Itamar, 184 American Friends of Ariel, 179–180 Benn, Menachem, 164 American Studies Association, 136 Bennett, Naftali, 76, 116, 140, 148, Amnesty International, 24 153, 190 Amona, 79, 83, 153, 157, 162, 250, Benvenisti, Meron, 1 251 Ben-Zimra, Gadi, 205 Amrousi, Emily, 67, 84 Ben-Zion, Davidi, 110 Anderson, Pamela, 29 Berg, Yaakov, 165 anti-disengagement, 200, 207, 209, 210 Berger, Yotam, 98 anti-settlement, 79, 92, 122, 154, 183, 185 Berlusconi, Silvio, 137 Arafat, Yasser, 50 Bet El, 64 Area C, 57, 62, 116, 139, 140, 166, Bethlehem, 44 222–223, 241, 243 Bible, the, 110, 175, 194 Ariel bloc, 53, 171 Billig, Miriam, 124 Ariel Development Fund, the, 180 Bin Nun, Yoel, 66 Ariel Regional Center for the Performing Binyanei Bar Amana, 153 Arts, the, 180, 183 Blue and White, 2, 140, 162 289 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-13864-3 — The Israeli Settler Movement Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler , Cas Mudde Index More Information 290 Index Blum, Elisheva, 85, 163 divide and conquer, 170 Blum, Gedaliah, 85 Dolev, 88 Bnei Akiva, 120 Dori, Hananel, 148 Botivia, Moshe, 200 dual hybrid strategy, 146 Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, 85, Duma arson attack, 82, 159 136, 185 Dunsky, Marda, 133 Brasilia, 149 Britain, 60, 67, 137, 177 Eastern Europe, 22 British Mandatory Palestine, 42 Edelstein, Yuli, 119 bureaucratization, 17, 35 Efrat, 67, 132 Bush, George W., 59, 130, 196 Efrat, Elisha, 236 Egypt, 22, 41, 48, 57, 61, 66, 87, Cabel, Eitan, 192 115, 157, 172, 194, 214, 222, Cameron, David, 137 240, 254 Camp David Accords, 48, 52, 93, 118, 222 Eiran, Ehud, 74 Camp David Summit, the, 51 Eldar, Akiva, 233 Camp Kadum, 47 Eli, 210 Carter, Jimmy, 58 Elkana, 47, 162, 182, 190 Cave of the Patriarchs, 81, 133 Elon Moreh, 48 celebrity, 14, 29–30 Elon Moreh group, the, 46 center-left, xi, 98, 235 Elran, Meir, 206 Central Bureau of Statistics Social Survey Epshtein, Zeev (Vladimir), 179 (2008–2018), the, 128 Erdan, Gilad, 119 Children of Akiva. See Bnei Akiva Erlich, Yifat, 162, 168 civil disobedience, 157–158, 204, 212 Eshkol, Levi, 44 civil rights, 14, 22, 34 Etzion Bloc, the, 44–45, 47, 51, Cohen, Hillel, 99 53, 88 Cohen, Ran, 218 European Union, 31, 36, 60–61, Cold War, 60 136–138, 139 Committee for Exceptions, 49 Every Jew’s Story, 86, 152 Coordinator of Government Activites in the extreme right, 72, 78, 82 Territories, 62 Coordinator of Government Activities in Facebook, 26, 32, 121–122 the Territories, 57–58, 103, 167, facts on the ground, 1, 50, 92, 97, 139, 146, 181, 222 151, 158, 164, 172, 225 Council for Higher Education, the, Faithful of the Land of Israel, 77 187–190 far right, 50, 80, 81, 92 Courage to Refuse, 183 group, 74, 79, 83, 157 culture, 27 Minister of Justice, 103 dynamics, 144 movement, 83 resonance, 36–37 organization, 80 Cyprus, 85 party, xi, 111, 139 politician, 229 Dagan, Yossi, 86, 161, 183, 185 Rabbi, 73 Damari, Yochai, 164 Feige, Michael, 236 Danish parliament, the, 138 First Aliyah, 40 Dayan, Dani, 75, 76, 85, 131–132, 149, First, Anat, 210 153, 189 formalization, 12, 35 Dayan, Moshe, 44, 46, 171 Foundation for the Development of the Defenders of the Land, 77, 83 Zionist Vision, the, 153 Democratic Party, the, 135, 235 Fourth Geneva Convention, the, 57, Deutsche Bank, 137 59, 134 Dilmoni, Yigal, 108 France, 60, 67 discursive opportunity structure, 36, Friedman, David, 131, 235 144, 166 Friends of Ariel University, the, 190 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-13864-3 — The Israeli Settler Movement Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler , Cas Mudde Index More Information Index 291 Gahelet, 42, 63, 242 Hebron Illit, 46 Galei Tzahal, 84 Hendel, Yoaz, 162 Galilee, 42, 110 Herut, 247 Galili, Yisrael, 45 Herzl, Theodor, 45 Gamson, Joshua, 28 Herzliya Conference, the, 194–195, Gamson, William, 8 196, 203 Gav HaHar, 54, 171 Hesder yeshiva, 155, 200 gender, 209 Hesder yeshiva, the, 114–115 geopolitics, 30, 57, 58, 59 Hever, Ze’ev, 76, 113, 153, 201 Gerber, Dror, 184 Hilltop Youth, the, 77–78, 81, 153, 154, Germany, 22, 60, 138 158–160, 206, 225 Gilad, Avri, 164 Hoberman, Haggai, 209 Ginsburgh, Yitzchak, 72, 77 Holocaust, the, 60, 157, 205 Giugni, Marco, 18 Homesh, 79, 83, 158, 200, 251, 254 Givat Zeev, 51, 67, 119 Honenu, 80, 154 Givati, Haim, 44 Hong Kong, 85 God of Vengeance, 160 Huberman, Haggai, 84, 162 Goldstein, Shaul, 112, 119, 150, 151, 197, 211 identity, collective, 12, 28, 29, 210 Gopstein, Bentzi, 82 immigration, 67, 69, 75, 112, 175–180 Grande, Ariana, 14 Inbari, Motti, 233 Green Line, the, 2–3, 42, 52, 69, 89, 100, interest group, 221 136–137, 186, 237 international community, the, 40, 61, 62, Greenblatt, Jason, 132–133 93, 94, 103, 110, 130, 139, 222 Greenpeace, 24 Intifada Gurr, Ted, 36 the First, 40 Gush Emunim, 2–3, 63–66, 75–76, 91, the Second, 40, 51, 55, 60, 67, 126, 100, 146, 172, 232, 233 195, 248 Gush Etzion Regional Council, the, 112, intimidation, 74, 159, 224 150, 153, 197, 211 Israel Artists Association, 183 Gush Katif, 162, 198–199, 203, 206, Israel Is Our Home, 116, 140, 178, 209, 212 184, 192 evacuee, 148, 198 Israel Lands Authority, the, 112 expellee, 83 Israel Nature and Parks Authority, the, resident, 207 109, 112 Gutwein, Danny, 234 Israel Project, the, 133 Israel Public Affairs Committee, 59, 76, Hadar, Leon, 60 131–132 Haetzni, Boaz, 84, 209 Israel Today, 84, 162 Haetzni, Elyakim, 45, 207, 226 Israeli Military Industries, 171 Hague Convention, the, 57 Italy, 137 Haklai, Oded, 126 Halutz, Dan, 161 J Street, 131 HaMarchiv, 45 Jabotinsky, Ze’ev, 118 Hamas, 195 Jericho, 64 Hamered. See The Revolt Jewish Agency, the, 76, 105, 108, Han, Eulalia, 138 173–174, 177 Handel, Ariel, 101 Jewish Heart, 77, 83, 158, 205 Hardal, 72, 73, 178, 242 Jewish Home, the, 76, 80, 103, 116, 140, Haredi, 67, 69–71, 215, 229, 233 148, 152, 212 Harel, Amos, 102 Jewish Leadership, 202 HaYovel, 133, 156 Jewish National Fund, the, 107, 112 Hebron, 45–46, 50, 74, 79, 81, 104, Jewish Underground, the, 66, 146, 153 133, 167 Jezreel Valley, the, 41 Hebron Fund, the, 133 Jolie, Angelina, 29 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-13864-3 — The Israeli Settler Movement Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler , Cas Mudde Index More Information 292 Index Jordan, 41, 45, 170 activist, 74, 159 Judea and Samaria Education Council, government, 143 the, 189 NGO, 79, 104 Judean desert, the, 164, 252 organizations, 79 politician, 169, 198 Kach party. See Meir Kahane Legal Forum for Israel, the, 80 Kadum, 46–47 Lehava, 82, 159, 168 Kaduri, Yitzhak, 197 Leuenberger, Christine, 186 Kahane, Meir, 73, 77, 81–82, 168 Levinger, Moshe, 46, 63, 66 Kalia, 45 Levy, Edmund, 102–103 Karne Shomron, 67 Levy, Yagil, 201 Katz, Israel, 104, 182, 185 Levy, Yitzhak, 187, 198 Katz, Yaakov, 49 Lieberman, Avigdor, 116 Katzover, Benny, 145 Lieberman, Bentzi, 112, 150, 186, 191, 213 Kerry, John, 132 Likud, 47–49, 92, 98, 118–119, 142, 194, Kfar Darom, 148, 216 202, 203 Kfar Etzion, 44, 45, 92 Central Committee, the, 198, 202 Kfar Maimon, 207, 211 government, 52, 104 kibbutz, 41, 44, 65, 114, 145, 166 member, 197, 202 Kiely, Keith, 59 minister, 196, 198 King Hussein of Jordan, 44, 45 referendum, 51, 197, 202 Kiryat Arba, 46, 99, 106, 174, 200 Livnat, Limor, 104, 184, 188 Knesset, the, 51, 74, 80–81, 103–104, 142, Lochery, Neil, 194 189, 197–198, 202 Luntz, Frank, 133 Kommemiyut. See Sovereignty Lustick, Ian, 181, 231 Kook, Abraham Isaac, 2, 44, 91 Luxembourg state pension fund, the, 137 Kook, Zvi Yehudah, 2, 44, 63, 77 Koopmans, Ruud, 36, 144 Ma’ale Adumim, 46, 51, 67, 132, 173–174 Krause, Peter, 74 Mabat L’Ariel, 182 Kriesi, Hanspeter, 23 Mamlachti, 72–73, 115 Kurtzer, Daniel C., 58 Mamlachtiut, 72 Mandelblitt, Avichai, 104 Labor Party, 119, 142, 146, 166, 169, Mapai, 45 198, 216 Matar, Michael, 78 government, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50 Matar, Nadia, 205, 214 Zionism, 143, 144–145, 166 Matar, Ruth, 78 land for peace, 61, 94, 129, 167, 237 Mattot Arim, 156 Land of Israel, 2, 40, 42, 48, 51, 81, McCarthy, Hooly, 146 91–92, 139 McDonald’s, 185 caucus, 80 media, the, 25–27, 38, 161–163, 199, 210, idea, 233 220, 223 ideology, 85, 163 Israeli, 84, 121 Lobby, 155 mainstream, 168, 186 Movement, 64, 100, 167 mass, 35, 79, 84, 209 settlement, 92, 144, 221, 235 online, 84 law,
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