{"product_id":"the-ascendance-of-israels-radical-right-9780195050868","title":"The Ascendance of Israel's Radical Right","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Israeli people were stunned in 1984 when they learned of a barely averted plot to blow up five buses full of Arab passengers and an earlier attempt to blow up the Dome of the Rock  the holy Muslim mosque in Jerusalem. Even more shocking was the discovery that the terrorists in question were not a bizarre radical sect  but members of the Gush Emunim  \"the Block of the Faithful \" a fundamentalist group committed to establishing Jewish settlements in the West Bank. For the first time  Israelis had to confront the fact that the rise of the Radical Right--and the religious fundamentalism  extreme nationalism  and aggressive anti-Arab sentiment associated with it--was becoming a significant part of the nations public life. The first book to examine the origins  convictions  and political impact of the entire Radical Right  The Ascendance of Israels Radical Right provides extraordinary insights into a political camp whose influence pervades Israeli politics and culture as well as Arab-Israeli relations. Sprinzak traces the Zionist roots of the Radical Right and its reemergence following the Six-Day War and the Camp David accords. He examines the increasing control of the Radical Right over the settlements in the West Bank  its penetration of more moderate parties such as Likud and the National Religious Party  and its reaction to the Intafada and the Persian Gulf Crisis. With in-depth portraits of the major movements--including the Tehiya  Tzomet  and Moledet parties  Gush Emunim  and the late Meir Kahane and his Kach party  and various underground or terrorist groups--he sheds new light on the people and events which produce such intense fervor and on their political beliefs--for instance  the views that Arabs should be \"transferred\" from the occupied territories and that Israel was founded to establish a safe home for the Jews  not to protect the human rights of the Palestinians. Sprinzak argues that approximately 20 to 25 percent of Israeli citizens share the convictions of the Radical Right  and that it is especially strong among the young. Indeed  as the message of this camp spreads throughout the country  Sprinzak predicts that the Radical Rights impact on Israeli politics and national security will only increase. As The Ascendance of Israels Radical Right shows  the Radical Right is not--as is often thought--a small lunatic fringe  but a major school of Israeli Zionism  whose ideas are propagated by sophisticated and thoughtful leaders with large public appeal. Understanding what the Radical Right has already achieved  and how it is currently shaping much of Israels government agenda is important for every Israeli and Arab  as well as anyone who is concerned with the future of the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280076857397,"sku":"ByrdShop_019505086X","price":39.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195050868.jpg?v=1780619506","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-ascendance-of-israels-radical-right-9780195050868","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}