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Inside the Knesset: Israeli Politics and Their Global Fallout

As American opinion sours, the Knesset expands the death penalty, and strategic debates intensify, these books trace the domestic politics, security doctrines, and legal controversies driving Israel's trajectory and the world's response.

6 booksApril 8, 2026

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Negative views of Israel, Netanyahu continue to rise among Americans – especially...pewresearch.org EU/Israel: Adoption of death penalty law by the Israeli Knesset requires urgent EU...amnesty.org The War Israel Long Dreamed of: A Squandered Opportunity?stimson.org

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