תפקידי האינטרטקסטואליות שבשלטי ההפגנות בשיח המשבר הפוליטי – ישראל 2023: מקרה בוחן

The political crisis following Israel’s newly elected government (January 2023) launch of a "(legal) reform" was met with wide-spread public opposition conceiving it as a coup endangering Israel's status as a democratic state. The noticeable involvement of intertextuality in the posters exhibited in the pro- and anti-demonstrations triggered this qualitative case-study investigating the roles of linguistic intertextuality in shaping the crisis’ political discourse and whether the parties differ in their use of intertextuality. Findings: a "chiasmus appropriation" emerged in which each party appropriated themes associated with the rival side. In addition, the parties used varied modes of intertextuality to create a momentum, to extend the matter from its local context to a universal matter and to attain prominence through alienation. The prominent preference for the use of intertextuality among the opponents is explained given the ties between intertextuality and creativity and given the different circumstances: supporting the party in power or opposing it.