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Has it really been 40 years since Israel's political revolution?

Likud’s first electoral victory produced a new political hegemon and an epoch of social transition, national defiance and cultural revolt.

Menachem and Aliza Begin vote in the national election on May 17, 1977
Menachem and Aliza Begin vote in the national election on May 17, 1977
(photo credit: YAACOV SAAR/GPO)
ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
JUNE 26, 2017 10:24
Updated: JUNE 26, 2017 12:36
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