Israel Political Institutions And Identity
Submitted by ldabada on June 13, 2011
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Israel Political Institutions And Identity
Israel’s political institutions and identity.
The birth of a national identity among the Jewish population at the beginning of the century is the main reason for the birth of the State of Israel. Actually, this is the “Zionist collective memory” that “provided the ideological framework for understanding and legitimizing its vision of the future” , that is, the creation of a State for the Jewish people in Palestine. Zionism, by turning narratives into myths and rituals of national importance, helped creating a strong national identity that was necessary for the birth of the democratic State of Israel. The particular national identity and aim of the...
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