Labor Zionism
The socialist strand of Zionism that built the State of Israel through the kibbutzim, the Histadrut labor federation, and Ben-Gurion's Mapai party, uniting Jewish nationalism, collective work on the land, and a secular welfare state.
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The socialist strand of Zionism that built the State of Israel through the kibbutzim, the Histadrut labor federation, and Ben-Gurion's Mapai party, uniting Jewish nationalism, collective work on the land, and a secular welfare state.
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I want to build the Jewish nation with our own hands, in kibbutzim and strong unions, with public land and a secular welfare state.
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Leans further toward militarist than 73% of the 248 ideologies in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Diplomacy is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Trade, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.

Leader of Labor Zionism and the Mapai party, Ben-Gurion proclaimed Israel's independence in 1948 and was its first prime minister, building a secular, centralized state with a strong public sector, kibbutzim, and the army as the school of the nation.
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Socialist current that seeks to emancipate workers through the national state itself, with universal suffrage, producer cooperatives funded by public money and an explicit refusal of the revolutionary path.
Current that unites national sovereignty, economic protection, and popular integration with progressive social reforms, seeking a state capable of defending the nation while expanding rights, equality, and inclusion.
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Militant democracy doctrine, authorizing a democratic state to restrict the enemies of democracy itself by banning anti-system parties, monitoring extremists and maintaining conscription and reinforced security to defend the constitutional order.
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