Cas Mudde: Alternatively, you can read this interview with the excellent @noamgidron.bsky.social & Yaniv Roznai. Also a reminder that boycotting all Israeli academics is not just morally dubious (collective punishment) but also strengthens rather than weakens the Israeli far right.

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Just read this excellent Introduction to an important special issue on democratic erosion in Israel. As other authoritarian leaders used COVID-19 to weaken liberal democracy, Netanyahu has used the October 7 attack to push through what hundreds of thousands had successfully prevented in 2023.
Frontiers | Editorial: The crises of the Israeli democracy

The Crises of the Israeli Democracy:Introduction to a Research TopicJune 9, 2025Introduction: Israeli Democracy’s CrisisDuring the past ten years, Israel has...

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Alternatively, you can read this interview with the excellent @noamgidron.bsky.social & Yaniv Roznai. Also a reminder that boycotting all Israeli academics is not just morally dubious (collective punishment) but also strengthens rather than weakens the Israeli far right.
Two scholars warn of Israel’s democratic backsliding, hidden by Oct. 7’s fog of war

In their new Hebrew-language book 'Democracy in Retreat,' Noam Gidron and Yaniv Roznai claim the government is using populism and polarization to chip away at democracy

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