Contents: Part 1 The Context of Israeli Politics: Religion and Politics: From accommodation to decision: transformations in Israel's religio-political life, Asher Cohen and Bernard Susser; Law and religion in Israel, Izhak Englard. Zionism and Politics: Change and continuity in Zionist territorial orientations and politics, Baruch Kimmerling. The Arab Minority: Ethnic democracy and the legal construction of citizenship: Arab citizens of the Jewish state, Yoav Peled. Immigration and Multiculturalism: Shadow games: ethnic conflict and political exchange in Israel, Alex Weingrod; Ethnicity as a product of political negotiation: the case of Israel, Hanna Herzog. Part 2 The Constitutional Framework of Israeli Politics: The Unwritten Constitution: The unintended consequences of unplanned constitutional reform: constitutional politics in Israel, Menachem Hoffnung; The judicialization of politics in Israel, Martin Edelman. The Legal System and Attitudes to Law; The margins of justice: attitudes to the law and legal system among Jews and Arabs in Israel, Arye Rattner; Extremism and violence in Israel: the crisis of Messianic politics, Ehud Sprinzak. Part 3 The Operation of Domestic Politics: Parties and Interest Groups: The political bases of activism in the Israeli Labour and Herut parties, Alan S. Zuckerman, Michal Shamir, and Hanna Herzog; Civil society in transition: interest politics in Israel, Yael Yishai. Changes in the Electoral System: The politics of electoral reform in Israel, Hanna Diskin and Abraham Diskin; Executive-legislative relations in an era of accelerated reform: reshaping government in Israel, Reuven Y. Hazan. Elections and Voting: The forming of the Netanyahu government: coalition-formation in a quasi-parliamentary setting, Gregory S. Mahler; The public purse and the private campaign: political finance in Israel, Menachem Hoffnung. Civil-Military Relations: Civil-military relations and democracy: the case of the military-political elites' connection in