Israel is in the midst of a multidimensional crisis combining legislative initiatives, policy changes and public upheaval. This led to long lasting protests that exposed the fragmentation of the Israeli society.
The Samuel Neaman Institute has addressed issues related to the Israeli society since 2005, including a unifying definition of societal resilience (Gal, Padan, 2020).
Among other things this definition was designed to be applied to political events, as they happen in Israel since January 2023. To study these conditions, eight past initiatives dealing with topics related to societal cohesiveness have been reviewed.
The goal of this study is to identify general conceptual issues with generic value.
