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Fundamentalism is a form of radicalism that can be found in any society, and the term can be applied to both individuals and groups. It is a set of beliefs that drive people toward intolerance, hatred, and rejection of and contempt for “the other.” Jewish fundamentalism began to emerge in Israel following the 1967 war, which religious nationalists considered to be a God-given miraculous victory, and particularly after the founding of Gush Emunim (the Bloc of the Faithful) in 1974. Since then, this trend has had
immense implications for the Middle East, the Arab and Islamic worlds and, primarily, the Palestinian people. Against this background, Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and his peace deal didn’t come out of the blue.
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