Introduction : The tribalization of Israel? / Alan Dowty -- Sources of stability and instability in the Israeli polity / Gideon Doron and Rebecca Kook -- Corruption, political finance, and the rule of law / Menachem Hofnung -- How far do justices go : the limits of judicial decisions / Gad Barzilai -- Changes in the orthodox camp and their influence on the deepening religious-secular schism at the outset of the twenty-first century / Asher Cohen -- The "Russian revolution" in Israel / Zvi Gitelman -- The status of the Palestinians in Israel : a double periphery in an ethno-national state / Majid Al-Haj -- A critical look at Israel's economic and social gaps / Ira Sharkansky -- Globalization and its impact on Israel / Yaron Ezrahi -- A question that outweighs all others : Israel and the Palestinians in broad perspective / Alan Dowty -- Public opinion and the peace process / Asher Arian -- Normalization and its discontents : Israel as a diaspora Jewish community / Derek Penslar.