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- Title
"On the Side of the Good": Political Alliances of Religious Zionists and Israeli Conservatism in the Quest to Hegemony.
- Authors
Miller, Mordy; Katsman, Hayim
- Abstract
This article discusses the recent political alliance between Israeli Conservatism (IC) and the "Hardal" (acronym for Haredi-Dati-Leumi, meaning Ultra-Orthodox-Religious-Zionists) followers of Rabbi Zvi Thau. This new cooperation is surprising, due to Thau's tendency to criticize groups that do not adhere to his strict interpretation of Judaism. In this article we analyze the recent developments within Thau's circle, and determine that this cooperation is a consequence of a unique interpretation of a spiritual state of emergency. We conclude by analyzing the circumstances in which IC was formed, as a lesson religious Zionists took from the 2005 disengagement from Gaza plan. The article demonstrates that IC intentionally intended to enable the creation of this sort of political alliance.
- Subjects
RELIGIOUS Zionists; CONSERVATISM; SPIRITUALITY; JUDAISM; COOPERATION
- Publication
Politics & Religion Journal, 2024, Vol 18, Issue 1, p105
- ISSN
1820-6581
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.54561/prj1801105m