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70 Years of Israel-Diaspora Relations: the Next Generation

Project heads: Shmuel Rosner, John Ruskay
Antisemitism

The International De-Legitimization Campaign Against Israel

  THE INTERNATIONAL DE-LEGITIMIZATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISRAEL ANALYSIS AND COUNTER-STRATEGY   MICHAEL HERZOG   WITH AN OVERVIEW BY DENNIS ROSS   Editors: Barry Geltman & Rami Tal
Antisemitism

The Assault on the Rule of Law

The locomotive of the “rule of law,” which is supposed to lead to a verdict in the Netanyahu cases, screeched to a brief and dramatic halt this week, at “Police Recommendations” station. From there it is supposed to continue to the next junctions down the line—the “State Prosecutor,” the “Attorney General,” and perhaps even its final destination, “the Courts.” The…

How Much Should Jewish Law Control the Jewish State?

Since pre-state times, the founders and leaders of the State of Israel have been secular. As a result, the state is not run according to halacha or to a religious vision, but according to principles of modern Western law. This being the case, those who have a religious vision for the state have had to resort to religious politics. Judaism…
Asia

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s landmark visit to India

This article was originally published in the Sunday Guardian, India   On January 14th, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in India, for a four-day state visit that will take him to Delhi, Gujarat, Prime Minister Modi’s home state and Mumbai. At the airport Modi gave him a royal welcome. No living Israel leader has done more to forge a…
Asia

From Peoplehood to Brotherhood

On the one hand, Jews have never been stronger and more influential, and have never had a state with such power. On the other, in terms of maintaining Jewish identity and of the relations between the Jewish communities (and not in terms of physical threat, of course), it would seem to be the worst of times, at least in comparison…

Israel: Crying or Laughing?

The Israeli discourse is full to the brim with harsh criticism about “the situation.” The background music to our public lives is a depressing dirge, an endless symphony of Israeli sorrow. With this in mind, the findings of the Israel Democracy Institute’s Democracy Index 2017, presented to the President of Israel, are astonishing. It turns out that when asked to…
Middle East

The Geopolitical Landscape – Growing Uncertainty in light of the Trump Presidency

Introduction
Middle East
Asia

India’s Israel relations, the Middle East and China

India’s Israel relations, the Middle East and China   This article was originally published by SIGNAL (Sino-Israel Global Network & Academic Leadership) and appeared on the SIGNAL website: en.sino-israel.org
Asia