All governments face problems and are judged by their ability to solve them and the policies they develop in doing so. Compared with other Western democracies, Israel has faced ...

Israeli politics and policymaking reflect themes long imbedded in Jewish culture. The concepts of Chosen People and Promised Land, and their meaning in Christian as well as ...

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Sharkansky (political science, Hebrew U. of Jerusalem) identifies and examines those parallels between ancient and modern Israel that help to clarify the modern conflicts ...

Jerusalem is not just another city that illustrates the conflict between interests of professional planners and competing political perspectives. It is the Holy City, with a ...

Prominent political theorist Ira Sharkansky looks at the intersection of religion and politics, using the case of Israel-where a chief rabbi officiates along with a prime ...

First Published in 1996. This study provides a political viewpoint on Israel and the Bible. It covers reading the Bible politically as well as considering if it has political ...

Coping With Terror argues that strategic responses to terrorism must focus on managing this serious problem rather than solving it outright. Author Ira Sharkansky describes ...