تطور موقف حزب العمل الإسرائيلي من قضايا المرأة في المجتمع والدولة من خلال البرامج الانتخابية للحزب 1949-2013

Abstract

The subject and status of women in the state and society takes a great attention in Israel, this essay aims to explore part of this attention, it discusses the developing position of the Israeli Labor Party of women's issues according to their electoral programs, The importance of this research is that it explains to the Arab reader the Israeli experience in dealing with women's issues in an open society to the west, and faces a strong debate between secular and religious, this study is answering the following questions: 1. What are the main stages of the evolution of the Israeli Labour Party's position toward women's issues in society and the state as it appeared in their electoral programs? 2. What are the reasons which push the Labor Party to develop its position toward women's issues? This study examines the development of the Israeli Labor Party's perspectives towards women issues as reflected in the party's elections platforms. The paper studies the reasons behind these changes. The paper indicates that the changes were more theoretical i.e. words on paper than practical developments. Still, the Labor Party is the best Israeli party regarding the issues of women as it allows them to occupy leadership roles whether in the Knesset or the cabinet. The weakness of women's participation is clear ,among the 221 people occupied the positions of ministers in Israel, women got only 13.