The 2019 elections in Israel: Evidence of democratic backsliding?
On May, 9, 2019, elections to the Israeli parliament—the Knesset—were once again conducted. By and large, as on all previous occasions, they were...
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Rhetoric, democratic backsliding, and Netanyahu’s 2019 election campaign by Tal Been
An election campaign is of great importance to a country’s political culture, affording an opportunity to examine the behavior of political...
The 2019 elections and the boundaries of the political space by Tally Keigen and Noa Shemesh
One of the most fundamental values in a democracy is the right of political participation, derived the right to vote and be elected. The “paradox...
The exclusion of the Arab minority by Daniel Padon
The 2019 elections shed light on the schism between Israel’s Jewish majority and its Arab citizens, who constitute roughly 16% of all eligible...
Is democracy declining in Israel? by Tal Been, Gal Factor, Or Hcabra, Shaked Infeld, Tally Kyegan, Noam Noy, Daniel Padon,and Sharon Somech
The Department of Government and Politics at Ben-Gurion University recently hosted (17/2/18) a panel entitled: “Is democracy declining in...