Jewish democracy

Parashat Vayechi: Keeping Israel Jewish – without coercion

We should value democracy, safeguard it within Israeli society, and participate actively wherever we reside, cherishing the liberties and dignity it secures.

EXPRESSING SUPPORT for separation of church and state.
 EDUCATION MINISTER Yoav Kisch visits a classroom on the first day of school, in Jerusalem, last September.

Yoav Kisch's new education plans fails to define Israel's democratic values - opinion

 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House grounds, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 25, 2024.

Jewish Democrats rally for Kamala Harris, highlighting her strong support for Israel

 AT A demonstration in Tel Aviv, earlier this month, against the government’s plan for judicial change, signs read ‘The student protest’ and ‘Without democracy, there is no academia.’

Israel no longer 'liberal democracy' for first time in 50 years, research institute says


Israelis want American Jewish help in promoting religious pluralism

As it does every year, the survey found that Jewish Israelis are far more liberal on religious issues than their government.

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The Nation-State Law, a constitutional showdown with postmodernism

It’s a painful ritual that we’ve experienced many times before. Or is this time different?

MK Ahmad Tibi (Joint List)  at the Knesset during a discussion on the Nation-State Law August 8, 2018.

The Nation-State bill: Yes or no?

We seem to have become a country on strike.

Special committee to pass the Basic Law: Israel, the Nation-State of the Jewish People committee chairman Amir Ohana (Likud) , Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Tourism Minister Yariv Levin

Sayed Kashua’s hypocrisy regarding Israel’s Nationality Law

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Bereaved Druze families to the 'Post': They stabbed us in the back

Nevertheless if there were to be a war tomorrow, “even with this law I’d be the first to the frontlines. It’s not for the country, it’s for my land and my family,” Mourad said.

The Druze who lost their lives fighting for the State of Israel, 3 August 2018.

Stick to the facts

There are legitimate positions on all sides of these issues.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the cabinet meeting July 29, 2018

Israel Democracy Institute: Jewish Nation-State Law ‘not a game changer’

IDI President Yohanan Plesner said the practical impact of the bill was currently merely “symbolic and educational.”

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The holographic Nation-State Law

This law is a nothingburger without a bun, or a patty, a plate or a pickle. It does nothing new and it says nothing new.

Special committee to pass the Basic Law: Israel, the Nation-State of the Jewish People committee chairman Amir Ohana (Likud) , Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Tourism Minister Yariv Levin

Know Comment: Hypocrisy and hysteria

The Jewish nation-state law is upright, reasonable and required. It should be passed by the Knesset.

A bloodied Israeli flag hangs on the main building at the University of Cape Town on Monday at the start of Israel-Apartheid Week.

Conference on Israeli economy to kick off Tuesday

The conference will be broadcast in Hebrew on the Israel Democracy Institute website.

YOHANAN PLESNER: The IDI is a think and do tank.