Drafting Haredim – Coercion Is Not the Answer What do we do when an ultra-Orthodox public devout about its faith faces off against another public – one that's devout about the security of the state?
Campus protests must be branded ‘Academic Intifada’ Worldwide, small cells of well-organized, well-funded haters demean academia, reducing a complex conflict to hate-filled slogans.
How Israel Can Find Its Way Out of Isolation Articulating a plan for Gaza can help Israel stave off some of the criticism and potentially keep together some of the support that it still has around the world.
Surprised by progressives celebrating Oct. 7? Look at how they have treated Iran Even today, opposition members from Islamic countries who dare to uphold the universal validity of human rights and condemn religious fundamentalism face vehement backlash from certain left-wing intellectuals in the West. Rather than embracing their commitment to human rights, these individuals are slandered as imperialist collaborators, perpetuating Islamophobia
ICC prosecutor’s filing may affect Israel’s character as liberal state The ICC prosecutor’s decision is painful, among other reasons, because it expresses a complete lack of confidence in the Israeli justice system.
Drafting Haredim Is Now an Existential Issue Before October 7, we thought the IDF could be a 'small and smart army,' but reality has cruelly slapped us in the face.
Israel is outraged at ‘absurd’ ICC, but for the rest of the world, it’s totally logical While the Israeli media presents a picture of the war that is focused on Israel – hostages, war casualties, and the IDF operation – the world sees mostly one image: the destruction of Gaza.
Editors’ Introduction A key feature of Israeli life today is the lack of a broad social, political, intellectual, and experiential consensus on the proper vision for the state. Life amid controversy, though it has its positive side, can also be a dangerously destabilizing force.
Prof. Aharon Barak Aharon Barak was born in Kovne (Kaunas), Lithuania in 1936. In 1958 he completed his master’s degree at the Faculty of Law of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and between 1960 and 1963 he served as a teaching assistant at the faculty. In 1963 Barak received his license to practice law, completed his doctorate studies cum laude at the Faculty of Law, and joined the staff at the faculty.
