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The Islamic Movement in Israel: Ideology vs. Pragmatism

David Schwartz * dvd99@015.net.il * ORCID: 0000-0002-3989-8546
Bar-Ilan University, Department of Political Science, Ramat Gan, ISRAEL

Daniel Galily * daniel.galily@gmail.com * ORCID: 0000-0001-9111-4502 * ResearcherID: D-4390-2019
South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Philosophical and Political Sciences, Blagoevgrad, BULGARIA

Open Journal for Studies in History, 2021, 4(1), 11-24 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojsh.0401.02011s
Received: 24 February 2021 ▪ Accepted: 28 April 2021 ▪ Published Online: 2 May 2021

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

ARTICLE (Full Text - PDF)

ABSTRACT:
This study aims to present the Islamic Movement in Israel, its ideology and pragmatism. With progress and modernization, the Islamic movements in the Middle East realized that they could not deny progress, so they decided to join the mainstream and take advantage of technological progress in their favor. The movement maintains at least one website in which it publishes its way, and guides the audience. Although these movements seem to maintain a rigid ideology, they adapt themselves to reality with the help of many tools, because they have realized that reality is stronger than they are. The main points in the article are: The Status of Religion in Israel; The Legal Status of Muslim Sharia in Israel; Personal status according to Israeli law; The establishment of the Islamic Movement in Israel – Historical Background; The crystallization of movement; Theoretical Background – The Theory of Pragmatism; Ideology and goals of the Islamic Movement in Israel; The background to the split in the movement – the opposition to pragmatism; How the ideology of the movement is expressed in its activity? The movement’s attitudes toward the Israeli elections, the Oslo Accords and the armed struggle against Israel; How does pragmatism manifest itself in the movement’s activities?

KEY WORDS: Islamic Movement, Israel, ideology, pragmatism.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
David Schwartz, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Political Science, Ramat Gan, ISRAEL. E-mail: dvd99@015.net.il.

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