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A Detailed Proposal for a Feasible Electoral Reform
Improving the Accountability and Stability of Israel’s Political System: A Detailed Proposal for a Feasible Electoral Reform Abraham Diskin & Emmanuel Navon August 2015 Page 1 of 58 Table of Contents Executive Summary Page 3 Part 1: Purpose and Goals of Electoral Reform Page 5 Part 2: Mechanism for the Implementation of the Proposed Reforms Page 7 Part 3: Means for Achieving the Goals of Electoral Reform Page 10 Appendix 1: History of Israel’s Voting System and Electoral Reforms Page 15 Appendix 2: Example of Voting Ballot for Election-day Primaries Page 19 Appendix 3: Comparative Study of Electoral Systems Page 20 Appendix 4: Regional Elections Page 23 Appendix 5: Mechanisms for Appointing a Government Page 30 Appendix 6: Duration of Israeli Governments Page 33 Appendix 7: Correlation of the Number of Parties and Political Stability Page 39 Appendix 8: Results of Knesset Elections, 1949-2015 Page 42 Appendix 9: Opinion Poll on the Proposed Reforms Page 53 Bibliography Page 56 Page 2 of 58 Executive Summary This paper is a detailed proposal for the reform of Israel’s electoral system. The changes proposed here are the result of years of research, of data analysis, and of comparative studies. We believe that the reforms outlined in this paper would be beneficial, that they would have a realistic chance of being implemented, and that they would strike a delicate balance between conflicting agendas. The proposed reform is meant to achieve the following overall goals: a. To make Members of Knesset (MKs) more accountable and answerable to their voters; b. To improve government stability. -
Forgotten Palestinians
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 THE FORGOTTEN PALESTINIANS 10 1 2 3 4 5 6x 7 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 36x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 36x 1 2 3 4 5 THE FORGOTTEN 6 PALESTINIANS 7 8 A History of the Palestinians in Israel 9 10 1 2 3 Ilan Pappé 4 5 6x 7 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS 5 NEW HAVEN AND LONDON 36x 1 In memory of the thirteen Palestinian citizens who were shot dead by the 2 Israeli police in October 2000 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 Copyright © 2011 Ilan Pappé 6 The right of Ilan Pappé to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by 7 him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. 8 All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright 9 Law and except by reviewers for the public press) without written permission from 20 the publishers. 1 For information about this and other Yale University Press publications, 2 please contact: U.S. -
The Strange and Curious History of the Law Used to Prosecute Adolf Eichmann
Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review Volume 34 Number 3 Spring 2012 Article 7 Spring 2012 The Strange and Curious History of the Law Used to Prosecute Adolf Eichmann Michael J. Bazyler Chapman University School of Law Julia Y. Scheppach UOP McGeorge School of Law, 2009 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/ilr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Michael J. Bazyler and Julia Y. Scheppach, The Strange and Curious History of the Law Used to Prosecute Adolf Eichmann, 34 Loy. L.A. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 417 (2012). Available at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/ilr/vol34/iss3/7 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Strange and Curious History of the Law Used to Prosecute Adolf Eichmann MICHAEL J. BAZYLER* AND JULIA Y. SCHEPPACH** I. INTRODUCTION The modern State of Israel was born of two powerful impulses. First was the dream of the Zionist pioneers, starting in the late nineteenth century, to return to the ancient Jewish homeland, cultivate the land, and create a new kind of Jew—strong and proud—in an independent state of their own.1 Second was the growing need for a place of refuge in the land of Zion for persecuted -
8-IS3.2 Salzbergers (159-192)
Fania Oz-Salzberger and Eli Salzberger The Secret German Sources of the Israeli Supreme Court THERE ARE SEVERAL GOOD REASONS for the recent mounting interest in the history of Israel’s legal and judicial system. Israel is going through an era of enhanced legalization, which is apparent in stronger emphases on consti- tutional norms and discourse, in the increasing strength of legal institu- tions, and in a greater public sense of the powers of litigation. Gone is the traditional contempt for resorting to the court that characterized the ruling Labor movement during Israel’s formative years. The law and the courts have become one of the country’s most signiWcant political establishments. The legal professions have acquired unprecedented prestige. Lawyers and judges have become media celebrities as never before. Above all, the Su- preme Court of Israel is emerging as the dominant branch of government. It is moving center-stage in the collective decision-making process in Israel, aVording an unusual degree of intervention in the conduct of the other branches of government, and thus attracting ever greater attention, as well as criticism, from the Israeli media and public. The question why all this has happened is yet to be answered. On top of the inherent weakness of judicial branches of most governments,1 in Israel the lack of a written constitution could be expected to make the Supreme Court even more fragile and dependent than equivalent institu- tions elsewhere. Yet a close look at the reaction of the legislative and executive branches of government in Israel to the growing power of the Supreme Court would lead to opposite conclusions. -
' יגאל ארנון ושות סדנת – והיסטוריה משפט the Yigal Arnon & Co. Legal
הפקולטה למשפטים ע" ש בוכמן THE BUCHMANN FACULTY OF LAW המרכז ללימודי משפט מתקדמים THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED LEGAL STUDIES משפט והיסטוריה – סדנת יגאל ארנון ושות' The Yigal Arnon & Co. Legal History Workshop משפט ו היסטוריה – מאמרים בדרך Legal History Working Papers 5/07-08 Wandering Jews in a Jewish Homeland: Israel and the Right to Travel Abroad 1948 – 1961 Orit Rozin, Tel-Aviv University 16.6.08 מנחי הסדנה: :Workshop Coordinators "ד ר דוד שור Dr. David Schorr [email protected] [email protected] "ד ר רועי קרייטנר Dr. Roy Kreitner [email protected] [email protected] טיוטה כל הזכויות שמורות למחברת - נא לא להפיץ Wandering Jews in a Jewish Homeland: Israel and the Right to Travel Abroad 1948 – 1961 ∗∗∗ Orit Rozin Abstract The rise of nation-states during the 19 th and 20 th centuries and the resulting definition of a national identity for a state’s citizens entailed the institutionalization of such identity, based, in part, on the determination and control of a state’s borders – physically, geographically, and particularly in terms of citizenship. During the First World War, the passport came into use as a key method of controlling the movement of populations and restricting freedom of movement. Nowadays, through the use of passports, states exercise almost absolute control over their citizens’ ability to travel internationally. Currently, no one even questions that criminals, minors or those seeking to shirk their civic duties may be restricted or even barred from leaving their respective countries. However, during the 1950s, several democratic countries, including Israel, restricted foreign travel by their citizens even on other grounds. -
IAC 2015 Pocket Programme PDF
th 66International Astronautical IAC Congress Pocket Programme 12 - 16 October 2015 Jerusalem, Israel Space – The Gateway for Mankind’s Future Welcome Message Welcome to the 66th International Astronautical Congress in Jerusalem! This is the second time the IAF comes to Jerusalem, a beautiful city – a promise for an inspiring event! Our hosts for this Congress have selected a very fitting theme: Space as the Gateway for Mankind’s Future. Space is synonymous of excellence, expertise, technology, development, and communications: all the key elements to prepare a better environment for mankind’s lives in the future. A theme is very close to the IAF mission of creating a space-faring world cooperating for the benefit of humanity. It is with great satisfaction that I introduce to you the result of hard work completed by the integrated teams of the International Programme Committee, the Local Organizing Committee, and the IAF Secretariat. In this IAC 2015 Final Programme, you will find information about exciting Plenary Events, Global Networking Forum, Exhibitions and all the associated events complementing the needs of the whole space community. In addition, an extraordinary Technical Programme is ready for you. Thanks to your participation, this year’s IAC will be a real success! Enjoy your preferred time of the year connecting space people, taking advantage of the exquisite food and discovering all the technical tours and the fun nights! President, International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Contents Congress (Level 1) Congress Venue 3 Venue Congress At-a-Glance 6 Congress Schedule & Events Day by Day 7 Meeting Schedule 27 Contacts and Opening Hours 39 Jerusalem City Guide 43 Overview of Tours 45 List of Exhibitors in Alphabetical Order 48 Exhibition Area Layout 51 Exhibitors by Booth No. -
Why Did Hannah Arendt Reject the Partition of Palestine?
JOURNAL FOR CULTURAL RESEARCH, 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14797585.2013.768472 Why did Hannah Arendt Reject the Partition of Palestine? Eric Jacobson The political philosopher Hannah Arendt actively engaged in the problem of a Jewish homeland and the politics of Zionism in the years 1941–1948. She advocated a Binational solution to Palestine – a single political commonwealth with two national identities, Jewish and Arab, integrated in a federation with other countries in the region. In the crucial period leading up to the establish- ment of the State of Israel, Arendt became increasingly disillusioned with the Jewish Agency and the Zionist movement for failing to organize a Jewish response to Nazism (a Jewish Army) and rejecting the Palestinian right to a homeland. Gardez-vous bien, Messieurs les Sionistes, un gouvernement passe, mais un peuple reste.1 For more than two decades, Arendt was engaged with aspects of Jewish thought and culture which today would not be unfamiliar to Jewish Studies. Her writings from the late 1920s into the mid-1930s concerned German–Jewish intellectual history in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. She worked with the Zionist movement in France to help youth immigration to Palestine in the 1930s and wrote extensively on Zionism in the 1940s. In the 1950s, her research culminated in a major work on Antisemitism and its origins in colo- nialism and race theory, The Origins of Totalitarianism. She was editor of arguably the most important Judaic publisher, Salman Schocken, and contrib- uted to the publication in English of works by Gershom Scholem, Franz Kafka, 1. -
RESOLUTIONS of the 25Th ZIONIST CONGRESS
RESOLUTIONS of the 25th ZIONIST CONGRESS with A Summary of the Proceedings and the Composition of the Congress Jerusalem December 27, 1960-January 11, 1961 <JS( PUBLISHED BY THE ORGANIZATION DEPARTMENT OF THE ZIONIST EXECUTIVE RESOLUTIONS of the 25th ZIONIST CONGRESS with A Summary of the Proceedings and the Composition of the Congress Jerusalem December 27,1960-January 11,1961 PUBLISHED BY THE ORGANIZATION DEPARTMENT OF THE ZIONIST EXECUTIVE Printed under the supervision of the Publishing Department of the Jewish Agency by The Jerusalem Post Press, Jerusalem Translated from the Hebrew Original Printed in Israel CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Summary of Proceedings 5 Composition of the Congress 12 RESOLUTIONS OF THE CONGRESS A. Political Problems 17 B. Immigration 21 C. Youth Aliyah 24 D. Absorption 25 E. Agricultural Settlement 28 F. Education and Culture in the Diaspora 30 G. Organization 34 H. Legal Matters 38 I. Youth and Hechalutz 39 J. Information 45 K. Economic Affairs 47 L. Finance and Budget 49 M. Funds and Campaigns 50 N. Further Representatives on the General Council and the Executive 53 O. Elections 53 APPENDICES List of Members of the 25th Zionist Congress 60 I. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS The 25th Zionist Congress convened in Jerusalem from December 27, 1960, to January 11, 1961. Like the 23rd and 24th Congresses it was held in the National Conventions Building. The ceremonial Inaugural Session was held on Tuesday, December 27, 1960, at 8.45 in the evening in the presence of a large and dis- tinguished gathering, numbering more than three thousand, and in- eluding the President, the Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers, the Acting Chairman of the Zionist General Council, the Speaker and Deputy- Speakers of the Knesset, the Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court, Rabbi Yitzchak Nissim, the Mayor and City Councillors of Jerusalem, and veteran members of the Zionist Movement. -
Culture Contacts and the Making of Cultures
CULTURE CONTACTS AND THE MAKING OF CULTURES Papers in homage to Itamar Even-Zohar Edited by Rakefet Sela-Sheffy Gideon Toury Tel Aviv Tel Aviv University: Unit of Culture Research 2011 Copyright © 2011 Unit of Culture Research, Tel Aviv University & Authors. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other means, without prior written permission of the publisher or author. Unit of Culture Research Faculty of Humanities Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv, 69978 Israel www.tau.ac.il/tarbut [email protected] Culture Contacts and the Making of Cultures: Papers in Homage to Itamar Even-Zohar / Rakefet Sela-Sheffy & Gideon Toury, editors. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-965-555-496-0 (electronic) The publication of this book was supported by the Bernstein Chair of Translation Theory, Tel Aviv University (Gideon Toury, Incumbent) Culture Contacts and the Making of Cultures: Papers in Homage to Itamar Even-Zohar Sela-Sheffy, Rakefet 1954- ; Toury, Gideon 1942- © 2011 – Unit of Culture Research & Authors Printed in Israel Table of Contents To The Memory of Robert Paine V Acknowledgements VII Introduction Rakefet Sela-Sheffy 1 Part One Identities in Contacts: Conflicts and Negotiations of Collective Entities Manfred Bietak The Aftermath of the Hyksos in Avaris 19 Robert Paine† Identity Puzzlement: Saami in Norway, Past and Present 67 Rakefet Sela-Sheffy High-Status Immigration Group and Culture Retention: 79 German Jewish Immigrants in British-Ruled Palestine -
Settler Colonialism and the Making of Palestinian Citizenship in Israel
ARTICLES CITZENSHIP AS DOMINATION: SETTLER COLONIALISM AND THE MAKING OF PALESTINIAN CITIZENSHIP IN ISRAEL By Lana Tatour During the 1948 war, over two thirds of the Palestinian population became refugees. A small, defeated minority remained in what became the state of Israel. It is no secret that the state did not want these Palestinians. As the Zionist adage goes, Israel wanted the dowry (the land) but not the bride (the Palestinian people).1 Te adage holds true to this day. Beginning with the establishment of Israel and continuing until 1966, the Israeli state subjected Palestinians in territories under Israeli control to a Military Government regime and an elaborate system of surveillance.2 At the same time, Israel extended sufrage and then citizenship to some, but not all, of those Palestinians. Despite the award of citizenship, the Israeli state did not regard Palestinians as indigenous to the space or as natural subjects of rights. Tis view of Palestinians has not changed. In 2018, seventy years afer the establishment of the Jewish state, the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, adopted the Basic Law: Israel—the Nation-State of the Jewish People, also known as the Nation-State Law. Te law, which enjoys constitutional status, Lana Tatour is the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Palestine Studies at Columbia University. 8 Lana Tatour determines that “the exercise of the right to national self-determination in the State of Israel is unique to the Jewish People.”3 It enshrines the existing state symbols, such as the fag and the national anthem; confrms Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel; demotes Arabic from an ofcial language to one with “special status”; and legalizes the ongoing practice of establish- ing Jewish-only settlements. -
Improving the Accountability and Stability of Israel's Political System
KOHELET POLICY FORUM The Kohelet Policy Forum in Jerusalem strives to secure the future of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish People, to strengthen Israeli democracy, expand Improving the individual liberty, and deepen free market principles in Israel. The Forum is a Accountability and non-partisan entity. It relies on private donations and does not accept, Stability of Israel’s directly or indirectly, public funds from any government, domestic Political System: or foreign. The Forum’s legislative research, policy papers, and other A Detailed Proposal research-based products are offered to Israeli decision-makers and to the public for a Feasible free of charge. Electoral Reform Abraham Diskin Emmanuel Navon KOHELET POLICY FORUM Am V’Olamo 8 Jerusalem 9546306 Tel. 02-6312720 Fax 02-6312724 [email protected] www.kohelet.org.il Tevet 5777 – January 2017 Policy Paper no. 30 Abraham Diskin Emmanuel Navon Senior Fellow at the Kohelet Policy Forum Senior Fellow at the Kohelet Policy Forum Abraham Diskin is a professor (emeritus) of the Emmanuel Navon lectures at Tel-Aviv University’s Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a faculty member School of Political Science, Government and of the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and head International Relations, and at the Herzliya of the School for Interdisciplinary Studies in Interdisciplinary Center’s Lauder School of Administration, Government and Law at Sha’arei Government, Diplomacy and Strategy. He Mishpat College. He was the Chair of the Political graduated from Sciences-Po Paris and earned his Science Department of the Hebrew University and Ph.D. in International Relations from the Hebrew the Chair of the Israel Political Science Association. -
The Living-Dead
Fordham International Law Journal Volume 38, Issue 2 2015 Article 2 The Living-Dead Rivka Weill∗ ∗Radzyner School of Law Copyright c 2015 by the authors. Fordham International Law Journal is produced by The Berke- ley Electronic Press (bepress). http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ilj ARTICLE THE LIVING-DEAD Rivka Weill* INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 389 I. HISTORY OF ENACTMENT OF CONTINUITY LAW ............. 394 A. Origins of thE Continuity RulE ........................................... 394 B. EnactmEnt of thE First Continuity Law ............................... 395 C. ThE CurrEnt Continuity Law ............................................... 395 II. THE NORMATIVE CASE FOR CONTINUITY ......................... 396 A. EfficiEncy............................................................................ 396 B. Caretaker GovernmEnts ...................................................... 397 C. Codification EntErprisE ....................................................... 398 D. Constitutional EntErprisE .................................................... 399 E. Continuing Body ThEory .................................................... 400 F. Low TurnovEr in LEgislaturE ............................................... 401 G. IntErim Summary ................................................................ 402 III. THE COMPARATIVE CASE AGAINST CONTINUITY ......... 402 A. ThE RElEvancE of ComparativE Law .................................. 403 1. ThE NEthErlands EXpEriEncE ........................................