Bulletin du Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem
Abstract
For several years now, it has become commonplace for sociological and political analyses of Israel to highlight communalism. Sociologists have drawn attention to “the perennial nature of Jewish ethnicity”, whereas political scientists have stressed “the fragmentation of Israeli society into communities.” This feature has been interpreted by many observers as the swan song for a certain form of Zionist ideology that dominated the construction of the State and the first decades of its existence..
