El laborismo sionista (1919-2024): De elemento vertebrador de Israel a la irrelevancia

Labour Zionism (1919-2024): From a structuring element of Israel to irrelevance

Authors

  • Víctor Manuel Amado Castro Profesor UPV/EHU

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12795/araucaria.2025.i59.08

Keywords:

zionism, socialism, labor, Israel, yishuv

Abstract

Socialist Zionism is a current within Jewish nationalism that, in its different expressions, played a key and vehicular role both in the construction of the State of Israel since May 1948, but also before that, in what it was known as the yishuv or Jewish community in Palestine. Within this expression of Zionism, it was Labor that held power uninterruptedly and in hegemonic way from 1930 in the pre-state era, until 1977 when it lost the elections against Likud. This article addresses the phenomenon of Israeli Labor from its birth in 1919 and through its various transformations until 2024, where this once hegemonic force is almost politically irrelevant.

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Published

2025-06-10

How to Cite

Amado Castro, V. M. (2025). El laborismo sionista (1919-2024): De elemento vertebrador de Israel a la irrelevancia : Labour Zionism (1919-2024): From a structuring element of Israel to irrelevance. Araucaria, 27(59). https://doi.org/10.12795/araucaria.2025.i59.08