Polarization and Consensus-Building in Israel: The Center Cannot Hold

This edited volume examines the most pressing social and political issues confronting Israel from a multi-disciplinary perspective, focusing on the breakdown of social solidarity and the inability to formulate consensus.

Elie Friedman is the Head of the Communication Division at the Multidisciplinary Department of Social Sciences, Ashkelon Academic College, as well as an adjunct lecturer at Bar-Ilan University and a visiting lecturer at the University of Maryland. His interests include political discourse with an emphasis on conflict resolution and polarization processes.

Michal Neubauer-Shani is a senior lecturer at the Department of Politics and Governance, and the Multidisciplinary Department of Social Sciences, Ashkelon Academic College. Her research focuses on Public Policy and State-Religion relations. She also addresses the issues of religious feminism and civics studies.

Paul Scham is the Director of the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies at the University of Maryland and Associate Research Professor of Israel Studies. From 2011 to 2021, he edited the Israel Studies Review and he has co-edited Shared Histories: A Palestinian-Israeli Dialogue (2005) and Shared Narratives (2011). His research interests include Israeli and Palestinian historical narratives, Hamas, Jordan, and the religious right in Israel.