Israel’s Palestinian Challenges: The State’s Identity, a Leadership Crisis and the “new” Middle East
Israel’s Palestinian Challenges: The State’s Identity, a Leadership Crisis and the “new” Middle East

Author(s): Karolina Zielińska
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Security and defense, Military policy, Political behavior, Comparative politics, Studies in violence and power, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Geopolitics
Published by: OSW Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia
Keywords: Israel-Palestine conflict; Middle East question; “Arab State”; “Jewish State”; Palestinian territories; Demography; security issue;
Summary/Abstract: The conflict with the Palestinian side is a long‑term existential challenge for Israel. It plays out on four levels: territory; population; national aspirations and identity; security. Each of them generates conditions that make a resolution of the dispute or its absence decisive for the future character of this state in terms of its ethnicity (will the majority of the population still be Jewish?) and political system (will it remain a democracy?), as well as its external and internal security. At the same time, the Palestinian question remains a matter of concern for the international community – particularly public opinion – which makes it a major issue in Israel’s international relations.

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