PoliticsWhat ‘right’ and ‘left’ mean in Israel today

In Israel, the left-right divide is shaped less by economics than by positions on Palestinian statehood, occupation, territory, security, settlements and the meaning of Zionism. Since 1967, and especially after the Oslo process, these questions have become more important than economic policy in defining the party system. The right is chiefly associated with security, sovereignty and the Jewish character of the state, while the left has been linked to territorial compromise and separation from the Palestinians.

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