URIYA SHAVIT is a professor of Islamic, democracy, and migration studies at Tel Aviv University. His recent books include Shari‘a and Life (2023), Scientific and Political Freedom in Islam (2017), Zionism in Arab Discourses (2016), and Shari‘a and Muslim Minorities (2015).

• Introduction: Deep Currents and Butterflies’ Wings1 Islamism in Israel: Its Origins and Rivals2 The SIM and the Pro-Coalition Tendency3 The Path of Idealist Pragmatism4 Abyssinia, Antarctica, and the Pro-Participation DiscourseConclusion: The “Experiment” and Its AftermathAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndexIntroduction: Deep Currents and Butterflies’ Wings 11 Islamism in Israel: Its Origins and Rivals 122 The SIM and the Pro-coalition Tendency 383 The Path of Idealist Pragmatism 704 Abyssinia, Antarctica, and the Pro-participation Discourse 98Conclusion: The “Experiment” and Its Aftermath 124Acknowledgments 139Notes 141Bibliography 161Index 000

"Shavit has produced a masterful analysis of the remarkable role played by an Islamist party in Israeli politics, by exploring the historical and ideological significance of the first participation ever of an independent Arab party in a ruling Zionist coalition. Shavit concludes that the future of the Jewish State’s democracy depended, at least in part, on none other than this Islamist party." - Asher Susser (professor emeritus of Middle Eastern history at Tel Aviv University, Israel) "This is the first full-scale account of the political and ideological developments that in 2021 led the Islamic movement in Israel to ally with a Zionist coalition. In solving this riddle, Shavit provides invaluable insights into contemporary Islamist pragmatic discourse and into the unsurmountable hurdles of Israeli minority politics." - Itzchak Weismann (author of Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi: Islamic Reform and Arab Revival) "What were the historical and political configurations in Israel that forced a manifestly Islamic Party to enter a Zionist coalition led by Orthodox Jews? Grappling with this question, Uriya Shavit offers a subtle and sophisticated history that brings to the fore the deep-seated pragmaticism of the Islamic party and illuminates the role played by its exceptionally charismatic leaders." - Ahmad T. Agbaria (author of The Politics of Arab Authenticity: Challenges to Postcolonial Thought)

URIYA SHAVIT is a professor of Islamic, democracy, and migration studies at Tel Aviv University. His recent books include Shari‘a and Life (2023), Scientific and Political Freedom in Islam (2017), Zionism in Arab Discourses (2016), and Shari‘a and Muslim Minorities (2015).

• Introduction: Deep Currents and Butterflies’ Wings1 Islamism in Israel: Its Origins and Rivals2 The SIM and the Pro-Coalition Tendency3 The Path of Idealist Pragmatism4 Abyssinia, Antarctica, and the Pro-Participation DiscourseConclusion: The “Experiment” and Its AftermathAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndexIntroduction: Deep Currents and Butterflies’ Wings 11 Islamism in Israel: Its Origins and Rivals 122 The SIM and the Pro-coalition Tendency 383 The Path of Idealist Pragmatism 704 Abyssinia, Antarctica, and the Pro-participation Discourse 98Conclusion: The “Experiment” and Its Aftermath 124Acknowledgments 139Notes 141Bibliography 161Index 000

"Shavit has produced a masterful analysis of the remarkable role played by an Islamist party in Israeli politics, by exploring the historical and ideological significance of the first participation ever of an independent Arab party in a ruling Zionist coalition. Shavit concludes that the future of the Jewish State’s democracy depended, at least in part, on none other than this Islamist party." - Asher Susser (professor emeritus of Middle Eastern history at Tel Aviv University, Israel) "This is the first full-scale account of the political and ideological developments that in 2021 led the Islamic movement in Israel to ally with a Zionist coalition. In solving this riddle, Shavit provides invaluable insights into contemporary Islamist pragmatic discourse and into the unsurmountable hurdles of Israeli minority politics." - Itzchak Weismann (author of Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi: Islamic Reform and Arab Revival) "What were the historical and political configurations in Israel that forced a manifestly Islamic Party to enter a Zionist coalition led by Orthodox Jews? Grappling with this question, Uriya Shavit offers a subtle and sophisticated history that brings to the fore the deep-seated pragmaticism of the Islamic party and illuminates the role played by its exceptionally charismatic leaders." - Ahmad T. Agbaria (author of The Politics of Arab Authenticity: Challenges to Postcolonial Thought)

URIYA SHAVIT is a professor of Islamic, democracy, and migration studies at Tel Aviv University. His recent books include Shari‘a and Life (2023), Scientific and Political Freedom in Islam (2017), Zionism in Arab Discourses (2016), and Shari‘a and Muslim Minorities (2015).

• Introduction: Deep Currents and Butterflies’ Wings1 Islamism in Israel: Its Origins and Rivals2 The SIM and the Pro-Coalition Tendency3 The Path of Idealist Pragmatism4 Abyssinia, Antarctica, and the Pro-Participation DiscourseConclusion: The “Experiment” and Its AftermathAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndexIntroduction: Deep Currents and Butterflies’ Wings 11 Islamism in Israel: Its Origins and Rivals 122 The SIM and the Pro-coalition Tendency 383 The Path of Idealist Pragmatism 704 Abyssinia, Antarctica, and the Pro-participation Discourse 98Conclusion: The “Experiment” and Its Aftermath 124Acknowledgments 139Notes 141Bibliography 161Index 000

"Shavit has produced a masterful analysis of the remarkable role played by an Islamist party in Israeli politics, by exploring the historical and ideological significance of the first participation ever of an independent Arab party in a ruling Zionist coalition. Shavit concludes that the future of the Jewish State’s democracy depended, at least in part, on none other than this Islamist party." - Asher Susser (professor emeritus of Middle Eastern history at Tel Aviv University, Israel) "This is the first full-scale account of the political and ideological developments that in 2021 led the Islamic movement in Israel to ally with a Zionist coalition. In solving this riddle, Shavit provides invaluable insights into contemporary Islamist pragmatic discourse and into the unsurmountable hurdles of Israeli minority politics." - Itzchak Weismann (author of Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi: Islamic Reform and Arab Revival) "What were the historical and political configurations in Israel that forced a manifestly Islamic Party to enter a Zionist coalition led by Orthodox Jews? Grappling with this question, Uriya Shavit offers a subtle and sophisticated history that brings to the fore the deep-seated pragmaticism of the Islamic party and illuminates the role played by its exceptionally charismatic leaders." - Ahmad T. Agbaria (author of The Politics of Arab Authenticity: Challenges to Postcolonial Thought)