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APN Board member Jo-Ann Mort in Dissent: Politics by Personality

July 10, 2013, Tel Aviv: Israel used to be a nation of political parties marked by hard-and-fast ideologies--but not so much today. Even the right's toxic combination of religious zealotry and hard-edged cynicism has more to do with a mindset than with a clear set of beliefs.

The life of a party these days barely lasts past an election cycle or past the successor to a charismatic leader. Parties that appear to be the next big thing (like the centrist Kadima a short time ago) disappear before the next cycle. It is a profound shift: although the new parties are ostensibly created around an idea, in fact they are dependent for their voter base upon often a sole personality.

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