Book contents
- Israel
- Israel
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- The Cartoonists Featured
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Jews: Caricatures, Cartoons, Comics
- Zionism: Ideology and the Building of the State
- Before Israel: the Road to 1948
- A History of Israel: 1949–2020
- The 1950s
- The 1960s
- The 1970s
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- The 1980s
- The 1990s
- The 2000s
- The 2010s
- Collections of Works of Early Israeli Cartoonists
- Index
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from The 1970s
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2023
- Israel
- Israel
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- The Cartoonists Featured
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Jews: Caricatures, Cartoons, Comics
- Zionism: Ideology and the Building of the State
- Before Israel: the Road to 1948
- A History of Israel: 1949–2020
- The 1950s
- The 1960s
- The 1970s
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- The 1980s
- The 1990s
- The 2000s
- The 2010s
- Collections of Works of Early Israeli Cartoonists
- Index
Summary
In May, the Right came to power in the HaMahapakh – ‘the Earthquake’ – that characterised the ninth Israeli election. For the first time since Herzl founded the modern Zionist movement in 1897, a coalition of the Right – astutely assembled by Menahem Begin – outstripped support for the Left and its liberal partners. The Labour party had been beset by scandal, corruption, defections and infighting between its dual leadership of Prime Minister Rabin and Defence Minister Peres. The Labour Alignment lost a third of its voters in the election – most of whom switched to Yigael Yadin’s Democratic Movement for Change (Dash) which garnered fifteen seats. The NRP, influenced by its Young Guard and Gush Emunim, moved to the Right and also gained seats. Ariel Sharon’s Shlomzion and the party of Shmuel Flatto-Sharon, who was standing to escape extradition to France, both attained a couple of mandates. While Sheli entered the Knesset, both the Civil Rights Movement and the ILP lost a majority of their seats. The Right coalesced as the Left fragmented.
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- IsraelA History in 100 Cartoons, pp. 186 - 189Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023