This volume marks 10 years of the existence of the Center for Israeli Studies, a period of didactic efforts, research, searching for a specialplace on the map of scientific activit. We tried to cultivate a strictly academic perspective, in which the interest for objective research is combined with a strong creative spirit. The volume is the fruit of this research strategy.
The editors wanted a multidisciplinary approach, from different anglesof a highly complex reality, which is the Israeli political reality. We wanted and succeeded in gathering specialists from different fieldsfrom different university areas and above all from different generationof researchers. We managed to have with us from the generation of the founders of this discipline to young and very young researchers. In this context, we see in this volume a contribution to the continuity of Israeli studies. – LIVIU ROTMAN, “Theodor Herzl” Center for Israeli Studies, SNSPA