The Israeli-Politics Research Blog

The Blog of the Institute for Liberty and Responsibility features brief summaries of current research from articles and books by scholars from Israel and around the world, addressing various aspects of Israeli society and politics. The Blog's purpose is to serve as a platform for exposing current academic publications and making them accessible in a concise and clear manner to the general public, student community, research community, and opinion leaders, in order to promote public discourse based on research knowledge and validated empirical data. For further exploration of each topic, every entry includes a link to the academic publication of the research.

  • Forming and changing opinions about hostage negotiations during war


    Yaakov Greenwald, Dana Katsoty, Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, and Ariel Knafo-Noam

  • United in War, Divided over the Government: Israel after the October 7 Attack


    Prof. Yuval Feinstein and Geffen Ben-David

  • Conspiracy Thinking and Belief in Partisan Conspiracy Theories: A Moderating Effect of Partisan Congruence?


    Dr. Omer Yair, Shira Hebel-Sela, Prof. Amnon Cavari, and Prof. Asif Efrat

  • Less Partisan but No More Competent: Expressive Responding and Fact-Opinion Discernment


    Prof. Matthew H. Graham and Dr. Omer Yair

  • Judicial Decisions and Electoral Punishment of Corrupt Mayors in Israel


    Prof. Yoav Dotan, Prof. Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan and Dr. Omer Yair

  • Rightists and leftists agree: Attorney General Mandelblit is biased against their respective side


    Dr. Omer Yair

  • Everyday Feminism in Local Politics: How Councilwomen Represent Women's Interests Online and Offline


    Judith Hefetz and Dr. Sharon Haleva-Amir

  • The Slippery Slope of Algorithmic Campaigns: The 2019-20 Israeli Electoral Digital Campaigns


    Dr. Sharon Haleva-Amir

  • The Technological Tracking Strategy during Covid-19: The Israeli Case Study of Secret Service Monitoring


    Dr. Sharon Haleva-Amir

  • A Study of the Israeli Regime: Between Democracy and Apartheid


    Prof. Gal Ariely

  • Diaspora Soldiers in the IDF: Beyond Zionist Ideology


    Dr. Lior Yohanani

  • Religious People Donate More—Especially Toward Religious Fundraisers: A Field Experiment in Jerusalem


    Ilona Goldner, Dr. Shahaf Zamir, Elia Yitzhakian, Tzipi Rosen, Prof. Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom

  • hands raised: Protest and Violence toward the State in Israel


    Dr. Yair Yassan

  • Usual Suspects: Minorities, Policing, and Citizenship in Israel


    Prof. Guy Ben-Porat and Dr. Yair Yassan

  • What Did You Do During COVID-19? Government Ministers' Involvement in the First Wave of the COVID 19-Crisis


    Dr. Ilana Shpaizman

  • At the Last Minute: The Prime Minister's Use of Authority to Change the Agenda at the Last Moment


    Dr. Ilana Shpaizman and Prof. Sharon Gilad

  • From Citizen Input to a More Egalitarian Agenda: Public Inquiries and the Political Agenda


    Hen Kersenti-Feldman and Dr. Ilana Shpaizman

  • Going to the polls to win, not (just) to influence policy: The importance of identifying with an ideological group in Israel


    Dr. Odelia Oshri, Dr. Omer Yair, and Prof. Leonie Huddy

  • Conspiracy Thinking and Electoral Trust during Tumultuous Times: The Case of Israel


    Dr. Omer Yair, Prof. Amnon Cavari, and Prof. Asif Efrat

  • Political Polarization in Israel, 1992–2022


    Dr. Yair Amitai, Prof. Noam Gidron, Dr. Omer Yair

  • The Ascendance of Right-Wing Populism in Israel: An Ethno-Class Analysis


    Prof. Yoav Peled

  • International Rankings and Public Opinion: Selective Influence


    Prof. Amnon Cavari ,Prof. Asif Efrat, and Dr. Omer Yair

  • Partisan Bias in Citizens’ Evaluation of Public Services Under Conditions of High Political Polarization


    Dr. Saar Alon-Barkat, Prof. Amnon Cavari, and Lior Schwartz

  • Foreign Agents? Public Attitudes Toward Nongovernmental Organizations in a Backsliding Democracy


    Prof. Asif Efrat and Dr. Omer Yair

  • Should We Sell Arms to Human Rights Violators? What the Public Thinks


    Prof. Asif Efrat and Dr. Omer Yair

  • International Rankings and Public Opinion: Compliance, Dismissal, or Backlash?


    Prof. Asif Efrat and Dr. Omer Yair

  • Annexation in right-wing Israeli discourse--The Case of Ribonut


    Prof. Ian S. Lustick

  • Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality


    Prof. Ian S. Lustick

  • The BDS Movement and Israel: Explaining Mobilization and Counter-Mobilization


    Prof. Ian Lustick and Dr. Nathaniel Shils

  • How citizenship norms and digital media use affect political participation: A two-wave panel analysis


    Prof. Jennifer Oser

  • TERRORISM AND POLITICAL TOLERANCE TOWARD "FELLOW TRAVELERS"


    Mark Peffley, Marc L. Hutchison, and Michal Shamir

  • Left-Right Social Identity and the Polarization of Political Tolerance


    Prof. Mark Peffley, Dr. Omer Yair, and Prof. Mark Hutchison

  • When Deterrence Backfires: House Demolitions, Palestinian Radicalization, and Israeli Fatalities


    Dr. Michael Freedman and Prof. Esteban F. Klor

  • The Rabbi said, I vote: The Electoral Effects of Religious Institutions in Israel


    Dr. Michael Freedman

  • Blame Avoidance, Crisis Exploitation, and COVID-19 Governance Response in Israel


    Prof. Moshe Maor