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Geopolitics

The logic of Peres

Sooner or later Israel will discover that the future of its integration in the new Middle East remains dependent on a viable Israeli-Palestinian settlement.
Geopolitics
Identity and Education

If the Declaration of Independence Falls, Israeli Unity Will Fall Too

This last bastion of consensus is under attack. If it succeeds, there will no longer be any text around which the State of Israel and Israeli society can unite.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education

How I Got Israel Wrong

A crisis such as the one we are going through in Israel is an opportunity for self-examination and soul-searching. I tended to believe that pragmatism would always win the day. I was wrong.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education

Restoring the covenant of fate

If we wisely gird ourselves with constitutional arrangements on the rules of the game commonly accepted in liberal democracies, we will be able to restore our covenant of fate.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education

The State of the Jews writ large

As a senior US government official under Carter, I tried to synthesize policy in ways that strengthened the US-Israel relationship
Identity and Education
Antisemitism

Annual Assessment: The Situation and Dynamics of the Jewish People in 2023

The Jewish People Policy Institute’s Annual Assessment plays both a summing-up and a forward-looking role. On the one hand, each year it examines events and developments that had an impact on the State of Israel and on the Jewish world. On the other hand, it monitors important trends to influence their direction, in order to improve the situation of Israel and of Jewish communities around the world.
Antisemitism

Conference: A Jewish State – 75 Perspectives

The launch event for the English edition of JPPI’s book A Jewish State – 75 Perspectives  took place on Monday, September 4, 2023, with the participation of  public leaders, essay authors, and JPPI researchers.
Identity and Education

What Israel Means to Me

The Jewish state must remain democratic and pluralistic. To be Jewish but not democratic is an inherent contradiction
Identity and Education
Haredim

Gender segregation in Bnei Brak is a good thing – opinion

Maybe you highly educated and discerning women could still learn a thing or two from the women of Bnei Brak, and from their approach to the institution of marriage
Haredim