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An American Political Scientist in Israel
From Athens to Jerusalem
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2010
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An American Political Scientist in Israel recounts the author's meetings with some of Israel's political and intellectual leaders after he immigrated to Israel in 1976. His book reveals, for the first time, the flawed mentality of these elites and how this affects their foreign policy. As a political scientist and student of the America's Founding Fathers, he provides a professional critique of Israel's ideological and institutional flaws. Eidelberg also provides a detailed account of Israel's economic and technological contribution to the United States. Contrary to conventional opinion, dollar for dollar, the United States receives more from Israel than Israel receives from the United States! Finally, Eidelberg offers a remedy for Israel's woes. He first shows that although Israel, is a democracy from a sociological perspective, it is not a democracy from a political-institutional perspective. Not only does Israel lack a written Constitution with institutional checks and balances, but members of the legislature are not individually accountable to the voters in constituency elections. Operating in Israel is not representative government so much as multi-party cabinet government dominated by the prime minister. Eidelberg has therefore drafted a Constitution that empowers the people and is consistent with basic Judaic principles.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-4890-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-4892-1
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
202
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Prologue: What Israel Means to Me No access
Chapter 01. My Talks with Israeli Leaders: A Question of Truth No access Pages 1 - 14
Chapter 02. Sadat’s Strategy No access Pages 15 - 36
Chapter 03. Camp David and Statecraft No access Pages 37 - 46
Chapter 04. Self-Determination No access Pages 47 - 58
Chapter 05. The Fixation of Israel’s Elites on “Land for Peace”: Five Interpretations No access Pages 59 - 90
Chapter 06. Demophrenia No access Pages 91 - 116
Chapter 07. The UN-PLO Axis of Evil: Part I No access Pages 117 - 130
Chapter 08. The UN-PLO Axis of Evil: Part II No access Pages 131 - 146
Chapter 09. Ideological and Political Dissonance No access Pages 147 - 162
Chapter 10. Politics, the Art of the Possible No access Pages 163 - 184
