Israel at the Polls, 1996
Elazar, Daniel J / Sandler, Shmuel![Israel at the Polls, 1996](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/116/1162506/CHSBZCOP031162506.jpg)
The 1996 Israeli elections were the first elections by direct vote for the position of prime minister in which a newcomer - Binyamin Netanyahu - defeated the most veteran Israeli politician, Shimon Peres. The result indicated not only a transition of power from the left-centre to the right-centre, but also the decline of the major parties and the ascendance of the smaller parties. Israel at the Polls, 1996 looks at the parties, election campai...