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Index
During the Yishuv period and in the early 1950s, youth
movements associated with political parties were important
institutions of political education and socialization. Affiliated
branches even existed in the European and American diasporas. They
were training grounds for future members, and especially for the
future elite, of the parties. Each party of any size had one: Mapam
(the original Labor-oriented youth movement was HaShomer HaTzair--
see Appendix B), Herut (Betar--see Appendix B), National Religious
Party (Bene Akiva), as well as the Histadrut and other
organizations. The fate of these youth movements over the years has
reflected the broader changes that have occurred in Israeli
society. The relatively apolitical and nonideological Boy Scout
organization has grown; left-of-center movements have not. The Bene
Akiva, on the other hand, has also grown, more than three-fold
since 1960. In the late 1980s, it enrolled more than 30,000 Israeli
religious youths, who make up a large part of the "knitted
skullcaps." The Bene Akiva has acted as a training ground for many
of the young extremist and right-wing Orthodox political activists
who have gained prominence since the June 1967 War.
Data as of December 1988
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