Smoke and Mirrors
Rising Israeli ‘Fascism’ or Forgetting the Labour Zionist Past
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12980293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sai Englert (0000-0002-8272-2538, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 289-305 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle East Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1943-6149 • E-ISSN: 1943-6157 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19436149.2019.1633744 |
| OpenAlex | W2958569053 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
The Israeli right—an alliance of neoliberal parties and settler organizations—has become the undisputed and seemingly undisplaceable political leadership of the state over recent decades. This transformation has been associated, both in Israel and internationally, with successive Likud-led governments in general, and their allies within the settler movement. A recurrent theme within analyses of this rise is the claim, made by journalists, academics and activists alike, that fascism is rearing its head in Israel, both in government and on the streets. This article argues that an analysis of Israel’s Labour Zionist history and confronting the claims made by its contemporary supporters, in the face of the Zionist right’s dominance, in fact highlights long-term political continuities and undermines claims of rising fascism. By building on critical literature on the politics of memory, this paper further discusses how a romanticized vision of the past, is central to current attempts by Labour Zionism to re-organize itself while whitewashing its own history. Finally, this article shows that a focus on history, and an analysis of the construction of collective memory, uncovers the ways in which the contemporary Zionist right has emerged from the foundations built by Labour Zionism itself
Alliance · Dominance (genetics · Forgetting · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Zionism · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Middle East Politics and Society
Comrades and enemies
Labour and the Political Economy in Israel
Palestinians in Syria
The Triumph of Israel’s Radical Right
The Founding Myths of Israel
The Rise of the Israeli Right
Constructing Boundaries
Land, Labor and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914
Palestinian Identity
On Collective Memory
New History, Post-Zionism and Neo-Colonialism
Before Their Diaspora
The Palestine Communist Party 1919 - 1948
The Transformation of Palestine
Settler-colonial citizenship
Imperialism and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Collective memory
From State-led Growth to Globalization
The seventh million
Was the Red Flag Flying There
Collective Memory and Cultural History
The Birth of Fascist Ideology
Between Memory and History
Ways of Forgetting
Sephardim in Israel
Invention, Memory, and Place
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |