Defining Israel: A Forum on Recent Attempts to Determine Israel’s Character

A forum edited by Simon Rabinovitch.

Professor Ruth Gavison speaks with Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni.

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Constitutional Anchoring of Israel’s Vision: Recommendations Submitted to the Minister of Justice by Ruth Gavison, with an introduction by Simon Rabinovitch

Jewish and Democratic According to the Law by Simon Rabinovitch

Was it Right to Try to Pass a Nation-State Law? by Gideon Sapir

The Triumph of the Majority, and the Decline of Democracy by David Myers

A Manual on How Not to Write a Constitution by Alexander Yakobson

Who Needs the Nation-State Law? The State of the Jews, Fears, and Fear Mongering by Israel Bartal

Double Decolonization and the Loss of Hegemony by Nahum Karlinksky

On the Dangers of Enshrining National Character in the Law by Nir Kedar

What Is A Nation-State For? by Yehudah Mirsky

Considerations on the Current Crisis in Israel’s Constitution by Yoram Hazony

Too Jewish? by Moshe Koppel

Enshrining Exclusion: The Nation-State Law and the Arab-Palestinian Minority in Israel by Yousef T. Jabareen

A Conversation about the Meaning of a Jewish and Democratic State and Israel’s Prospects for Passing a Nation-State Law by Tzipi Livni and Simon Rabinovitch

On the Essence of the State of Israel by Ze’ev B. Begin

Reflections on the Nation-State Debate by Ruth Gavison