Roi Litvak-Zur
@roizur.bsky.social
Political scientist at the University of Essex. Parties, voters, institutions, and representation. www.roizur.com
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Roi Litvak-Zur
@roizur.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Israel: Political Developments and Data in 2024
In 2024, Israel faced profound political and military upheaval. The Gaza war persisted throughout the year, expanding to direct confrontations with Hezbollah and Iran, while Houthi attacks intensifie...
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Writing about Israel is emotionally challenging, but equally important to me. Thanks, @liranharsgor.bsky.social for inviting me to collaborate on this @pdyearbook.bsky.social report. Hopefully, next year's report won't have such a somber tone.
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Now that it's up online, I guess it's official: I'm on the job market! I study democratic backsliding, authoritarianism, and nonviolent resistance. My dissertation focuses on the nexus of domestic and international factors in shaping opposition to democratic erosion: polisci.msu.edu/graduate/hir...
Benjamin Yoel | Department of Political Science | Michigan State University
polisci.msu.edu
August 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Now that it's up online, I guess it's official: I'm on the job market! I study democratic backsliding, authoritarianism, and nonviolent resistance. My dissertation focuses on the nexus of domestic and international factors in shaping opposition to democratic erosion: polisci.msu.edu/graduate/hir...
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Join us for “Populism: On the Rise” — a student-organised panel exploring a most pressing challenge in politics.
📅 Wednesday 29 October
🕒 15:00–16:00
📍 EBS 1.1
Ft. Professor Natasha Lindstaedt, Dr. Roi Zur, and Dr. Rafael Tauil, moderated by Professor Faten Ghosn.
#EssexGov #EssexPoliticsSociety
📅 Wednesday 29 October
🕒 15:00–16:00
📍 EBS 1.1
Ft. Professor Natasha Lindstaedt, Dr. Roi Zur, and Dr. Rafael Tauil, moderated by Professor Faten Ghosn.
#EssexGov #EssexPoliticsSociety
October 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Join us for “Populism: On the Rise” — a student-organised panel exploring a most pressing challenge in politics.
📅 Wednesday 29 October
🕒 15:00–16:00
📍 EBS 1.1
Ft. Professor Natasha Lindstaedt, Dr. Roi Zur, and Dr. Rafael Tauil, moderated by Professor Faten Ghosn.
#EssexGov #EssexPoliticsSociety
📅 Wednesday 29 October
🕒 15:00–16:00
📍 EBS 1.1
Ft. Professor Natasha Lindstaedt, Dr. Roi Zur, and Dr. Rafael Tauil, moderated by Professor Faten Ghosn.
#EssexGov #EssexPoliticsSociety
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@ckreudersonnen.bsky.social and I are happy to announce two open research positions in our joint DFG-funded project VARICRIS (👉 bit.ly/varicris).
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:
#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:
#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
Welcome! – VARICRIS
VARICRIS research project
bit.ly
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
@ckreudersonnen.bsky.social and I are happy to announce two open research positions in our joint DFG-funded project VARICRIS (👉 bit.ly/varicris).
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:
#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:
#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
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We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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💻 Attending the @ecpr.bsky.social webinar on #Israel's domestic political landscape after the #Gaza war tomorrow?
📘 Get up to speed on Israel's political developments + data in the latest report for PDY from @liranharsgor.bsky.social and @roizur.bsky.social.
➡️ bit.ly/48uS83v
📘 Get up to speed on Israel's political developments + data in the latest report for PDY from @liranharsgor.bsky.social and @roizur.bsky.social.
➡️ bit.ly/48uS83v
🆕 #Webinar on Middle Eastern Policy & #EU Relations
🏛️ War and Politics: Israel's Domestic Political Landscape after the Gaza War
🎙️ Gideon Levy & Erica Weiss
📅 Tue 21 Oct, 15:00–16:00 BST
👉 Register now buff.ly/5Aa5X7W
#Democratic #PublicOpinion #Governance
🏛️ War and Politics: Israel's Domestic Political Landscape after the Gaza War
🎙️ Gideon Levy & Erica Weiss
📅 Tue 21 Oct, 15:00–16:00 BST
👉 Register now buff.ly/5Aa5X7W
#Democratic #PublicOpinion #Governance
Register FREE
Webinar on Middle Eastern Policy and EU Relations
buff.ly
October 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
💻 Attending the @ecpr.bsky.social webinar on #Israel's domestic political landscape after the #Gaza war tomorrow?
📘 Get up to speed on Israel's political developments + data in the latest report for PDY from @liranharsgor.bsky.social and @roizur.bsky.social.
➡️ bit.ly/48uS83v
📘 Get up to speed on Israel's political developments + data in the latest report for PDY from @liranharsgor.bsky.social and @roizur.bsky.social.
➡️ bit.ly/48uS83v
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Job Alert! We are hiring two post-docs (full time, 4+ years) in our project SCEPTIC - Social, Computational and Ethical Premises of Trust and Informational Cohesion with @annanosthoff.bsky.social @guzoch.bsky.social and Prof. Andreas Peters (uol.de/informatik/s...)
October 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Job Alert! We are hiring two post-docs (full time, 4+ years) in our project SCEPTIC - Social, Computational and Ethical Premises of Trust and Informational Cohesion with @annanosthoff.bsky.social @guzoch.bsky.social and Prof. Andreas Peters (uol.de/informatik/s...)
Writing about Israel is emotionally challenging, but equally important to me. Thanks, @liranharsgor.bsky.social for inviting me to collaborate on this @pdyearbook.bsky.social report. Hopefully, next year's report won't have such a somber tone.
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Israel: Political Developments and Data in 2024
In 2024, Israel faced profound political and military upheaval. The Gaza war persisted throughout the year, expanding to direct confrontations with Hezbollah and Iran, while Houthi attacks intensifie...
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Writing about Israel is emotionally challenging, but equally important to me. Thanks, @liranharsgor.bsky.social for inviting me to collaborate on this @pdyearbook.bsky.social report. Hopefully, next year's report won't have such a somber tone.
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Hard to explain the elated feelings today in Israel, at least those who are not far right: the hostilities are back, and this damn war is so over.
October 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Hard to explain the elated feelings today in Israel, at least those who are not far right: the hostilities are back, and this damn war is so over.
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Writing a report about Israeli politics in 2024 for @pdyearbook.bsky.social was quite a challenge. Luckily, I had @roizur.bsky.social as a collaborator.
We hope this report helps make sense of an extremely difficult period in the country’s history.
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We hope this report helps make sense of an extremely difficult period in the country’s history.
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Israel: Political Developments and Data in 2024
In 2024, Israel faced profound political and military upheaval. The Gaza war persisted throughout the year, expanding to direct confrontations with Hezbollah and Iran, while Houthi attacks intensifie...
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Writing a report about Israeli politics in 2024 for @pdyearbook.bsky.social was quite a challenge. Luckily, I had @roizur.bsky.social as a collaborator.
We hope this report helps make sense of an extremely difficult period in the country’s history.
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We hope this report helps make sense of an extremely difficult period in the country’s history.
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🚨 We have a cool new ESRC PhD studentship opportunity on the topic of political persuasion for someone interested in campaigning, field experiments and/or computational methods @lsegovernment.bsky.social, in collaboration with
@campaign-lab.bsky.social. All info 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
@campaign-lab.bsky.social. All info 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Campaign Lab
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Campaign Lab
www.lse.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🚨 We have a cool new ESRC PhD studentship opportunity on the topic of political persuasion for someone interested in campaigning, field experiments and/or computational methods @lsegovernment.bsky.social, in collaboration with
@campaign-lab.bsky.social. All info 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
@campaign-lab.bsky.social. All info 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
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🎯New publication out in @wepsocial.bsky.social
'Lipset and Rokkan meet data': a 🧵on our study (with Bruno Marino) on the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages (1870–1967) across 17 Western European countries 👇
Read the full article (open access):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
'Lipset and Rokkan meet data': a 🧵on our study (with Bruno Marino) on the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages (1870–1967) across 17 Western European countries 👇
Read the full article (open access):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🎯New publication out in @wepsocial.bsky.social
'Lipset and Rokkan meet data': a 🧵on our study (with Bruno Marino) on the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages (1870–1967) across 17 Western European countries 👇
Read the full article (open access):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
'Lipset and Rokkan meet data': a 🧵on our study (with Bruno Marino) on the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages (1870–1967) across 17 Western European countries 👇
Read the full article (open access):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Are you interested in how parties' parliamentary behavior (e.g., passing bills, calling for elections, forming coalitions, cooperating/conflicting) affects voters (e.g., electoral behavior, perceptions, affective polarization)? Please let me know. I am putting together an MPSA panel proposal.
September 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Are you interested in how parties' parliamentary behavior (e.g., passing bills, calling for elections, forming coalitions, cooperating/conflicting) affects voters (e.g., electoral behavior, perceptions, affective polarization)? Please let me know. I am putting together an MPSA panel proposal.
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Come join us @iepolisci.bsky.social!
This dept has one of the healthiest environments I've found in academia.
Plus, everyone does brilliant work and you get to live in a great city with a salary that allows you to enjoy it.
We only work in English, so language is not an issue.
Apply!
This dept has one of the healthiest environments I've found in academia.
Plus, everyone does brilliant work and you get to live in a great city with a salary that allows you to enjoy it.
We only work in English, so language is not an issue.
Apply!
🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨
We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.
We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.
We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.
We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.
September 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Come join us @iepolisci.bsky.social!
This dept has one of the healthiest environments I've found in academia.
Plus, everyone does brilliant work and you get to live in a great city with a salary that allows you to enjoy it.
We only work in English, so language is not an issue.
Apply!
This dept has one of the healthiest environments I've found in academia.
Plus, everyone does brilliant work and you get to live in a great city with a salary that allows you to enjoy it.
We only work in English, so language is not an issue.
Apply!
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Today is your last day (until midnight Israel time - GMT+2) to submit your paper/panel/poster proposals for the annual meeting of the Israeli Political Science Association.
The meeting will be held at the Hebrew University on 1.28.26. See you there!
The meeting will be held at the Hebrew University on 1.28.26. See you there!
כנס נוכחי - קול קורא | האגודה הישראלית למדע המדינה
צומת דרכים משטרית - אתגרים והזדמנויות
www.ispsa.org
September 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Today is your last day (until midnight Israel time - GMT+2) to submit your paper/panel/poster proposals for the annual meeting of the Israeli Political Science Association.
The meeting will be held at the Hebrew University on 1.28.26. See you there!
The meeting will be held at the Hebrew University on 1.28.26. See you there!
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The CHES EU team has published a new research note in @electoralstudies.bsky.social describing some trends across the 25 years now covered by our trend file and exploring two new items included in the 2024 wave of the survey: doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
Here’s a summary thread:
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Here’s a summary thread:
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August 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The CHES EU team has published a new research note in @electoralstudies.bsky.social describing some trends across the 25 years now covered by our trend file and exploring two new items included in the 2024 wave of the survey: doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
Here’s a summary thread:
1/
Here’s a summary thread:
1/
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Know a potential PhD student interested in #democraticresilience, environmental politics & the Baltics? If so pls encourage them to check out this funded studentship & chance to work with my wonderful colleagues Licia Cianetti and Fiona Nunan. For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cen...
BISCA PhD Studentships - University of Birmingham
PhD opportunities in Birmingham Institute for Sustainability and Climate Action (BISCA) at the University of Birmingham.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
August 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Know a potential PhD student interested in #democraticresilience, environmental politics & the Baltics? If so pls encourage them to check out this funded studentship & chance to work with my wonderful colleagues Licia Cianetti and Fiona Nunan. For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cen...
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And we have an incredible list of section co-chairs for Belfast 2026, from 18 countries and every part of Europe. We are really grateful to these dedicated colleagues for taking on this role and helping us shape the future of political science in our continent.
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
August 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
And we have an incredible list of section co-chairs for Belfast 2026, from 18 countries and every part of Europe. We are really grateful to these dedicated colleagues for taking on this role and helping us shape the future of political science in our continent.
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
July 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
There's no easy way to learn your colleagues are antisemites.
July 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
There's no easy way to learn your colleagues are antisemites.
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✨ Come and join @politicsoxford.bsky.social for 5 years ✨
This is the perfect position for a research and teaching active junior colleague with expertise in European politics and quant methods. Apply!
This is the perfect position for a research and teaching active junior colleague with expertise in European politics and quant methods. Apply!
📢APPLY NOW!: DPIR seeks a Departmental Lecturer in Comparative European Politics to provide teaching and supervision at the undergraduate and graduate level and contribute to the Departmental examining and graduate admissions processes.🗓️ CLOSES: 12pm, 5 Aug: ow.ly/brXi50WpZav
July 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
✨ Come and join @politicsoxford.bsky.social for 5 years ✨
This is the perfect position for a research and teaching active junior colleague with expertise in European politics and quant methods. Apply!
This is the perfect position for a research and teaching active junior colleague with expertise in European politics and quant methods. Apply!
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My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years.
If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!
shorturl.at/kcTbG
If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!
shorturl.at/kcTbG
July 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years.
If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!
shorturl.at/kcTbG
If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!
shorturl.at/kcTbG
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📢 Out now! The Handbook of Affective Polarization is officially published 🎉
📖 Open Access & packed with 30 great chapters thanks to amazing authors. Huge thanks to everyone, and in particular to @marianotorcal.bsky.social for the great (and fun) collaboration! 💙
Link below for the e-book 👇
📖 Open Access & packed with 30 great chapters thanks to amazing authors. Huge thanks to everyone, and in particular to @marianotorcal.bsky.social for the great (and fun) collaboration! 💙
Link below for the e-book 👇
doi.org
July 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
📢 Out now! The Handbook of Affective Polarization is officially published 🎉
📖 Open Access & packed with 30 great chapters thanks to amazing authors. Huge thanks to everyone, and in particular to @marianotorcal.bsky.social for the great (and fun) collaboration! 💙
Link below for the e-book 👇
📖 Open Access & packed with 30 great chapters thanks to amazing authors. Huge thanks to everyone, and in particular to @marianotorcal.bsky.social for the great (and fun) collaboration! 💙
Link below for the e-book 👇
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Your personality doesn't always predict your views...
Using data from Israel, @naamarivlin.bsky.social and co-authors show the relationship weakens when ethnonational conflict comes to the forefront.
Out now in POQ: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
@ayakter.bsky.social al
@liorsheffer.bsky.social
Using data from Israel, @naamarivlin.bsky.social and co-authors show the relationship weakens when ethnonational conflict comes to the forefront.
Out now in POQ: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
@ayakter.bsky.social al
@liorsheffer.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Your personality doesn't always predict your views...
Using data from Israel, @naamarivlin.bsky.social and co-authors show the relationship weakens when ethnonational conflict comes to the forefront.
Out now in POQ: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
@ayakter.bsky.social al
@liorsheffer.bsky.social
Using data from Israel, @naamarivlin.bsky.social and co-authors show the relationship weakens when ethnonational conflict comes to the forefront.
Out now in POQ: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
@ayakter.bsky.social al
@liorsheffer.bsky.social
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The Israeli internal crisis isn't about restoring democracy, nor is it a pendulum movement. It's a hollowing out of democratic institutions, opposition, and all means of oversight and accountability. It is, as Navot and Goldshmidt show, an elite-driven project to dismantle Israel's flawed democracy.
Yael Shomer, @etzelgov.bsky.social, and I have a new editorial in Frontiers. We review the multiple crises in Israeli politics since 2019 and summarize 6 articles published in a “Research Topic” related to these crises. We also review the scale of democratic backsliding before and during the war.
Frontiers | Editorial: The crises of the Israeli democracy
The Crises of the Israeli Democracy:Introduction to a Research TopicJune 9, 2025Introduction: Israeli Democracy’s CrisisDuring the past ten years, Israel has...
www.frontiersin.org
July 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The Israeli internal crisis isn't about restoring democracy, nor is it a pendulum movement. It's a hollowing out of democratic institutions, opposition, and all means of oversight and accountability. It is, as Navot and Goldshmidt show, an elite-driven project to dismantle Israel's flawed democracy.