Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name:Yanovskiy Konstantin
Author-Name-First: Konstantin 
Author-Name-Last:Yanovskiy 
Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy 
Author-Name:Zatkovetsky  Ilia 
Author-Name-First:  
Author-Name-Last:Zatkovetsky 
Author-Workplace-Name: Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology 
Author-Name:Entov Asya 
Author-Name-First: Asya 
Author-Name-Last:Entov 
Author-Workplace-Name: Ariel University of Samaria 
Title: One Year of Government 34 of Israel: Leading Parties’ Positions on Key Issues
Abstract: The paper explores the leading Israeli parties' positions (the right-wing mainly) on the key issues. The set of "key issues" is our choice and contains Judicial (legal system) reform, Judea and Samaria status, 2nd amendment right and self-defense, other security issues, economic policies. The paper is focused primarily on the most important issues like Kfar Duma arson case (investigation was accompanied by grave violation of suspected persons' rights), terror wave,  Gas deal, new legislation weakening real estate owner's rights for the developers' benefit and more.
The principal issue of the paper is the parties' commitments to their pre-election promises and informal mandates
Classification-JEL: D72, D73
Keywords:  Party political platform, consistent position, Right-Left cleavages, ideology

Creation-Date: 2016
Revision-Date:   2016
Length: 17
File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/wpaper/wpaper-2016--669.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Function: Revised version, 2016
Handle: RePEc:gai:wpaper:wpaper-2016--669