Publications

Brief The Pluralism Index 2023

The vast majority of all Israelis want Israel to be a democratic state; strong support for Israel as a Jewish state and for articles in its Declaration of Independence
China-Israel Relations

The Price Israel Has to Pay for the China-America Conflict Is Rising

America should not cause China and Israel to become enemies. this would not be in America’s own national interest.
China-Israel Relations
Democracy

Israeli conservatism has collapsed

In the space of two months, the politicians who had been fed for years by the conservative umbilical cord have succeeded in dividing Israel in a way we have never experienced.
Democracy
US Jewry

US Jews issue penalty card to the Israeli government

The basic facts are that the majority of non-Orthodox American Jews are liberal supporters of the Democratic Party and its values
US Jewry
Democracy

Israeli Politics is Undergoing Tectonic Change

Many people, including those who voted for the current government, are starting to ask themselves what it is that they really support, and their answer is some form of liberal democracy.
Democracy
Democracy

As Judicial Plans Rock Israel, Secret Talks Seek Compromise

Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to restrict judicial independence have divided Israel. But a small group of academics has met privately with lawmakers in a search for middle ground.
Democracy

Mothers’ broken hearts

“My heart is broken.” The scribbled letters, red marker on white burlap, cried out to me amid the more polished signs decrying the “end of democracy” and proclaiming “the duty to resist” in gleaming black and white.
Religion and State

WHO IS A JEW? VIEWPOINTS OF ISRAELI JEWS

A comprehensive study examines the attitudes of Jews in Israel regarding the question “Who is a Jew?”
Religion and State
Democracy

Opinion: Engage Moderate Religious Zionists on Israeli Judicial Reform

Beneath the sound and fury of the conflict between contending sides for or against the “reform” of the justice system, Israeli politics and society may be undergoing a tectonic shift.
Democracy

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