Translator: Batia Stein
Editor: Sari Sapir
Graphic Designer: Ron Haran
The Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) is an independent, non-partisan think tank dedicated to strengthening democracy in Israel. It serves the Knesset and its committees, government offices, public institutions, local government, and political parties by undertaking research and making recommendations for reform and change.
In addition, the Israel Democracy Institute undertakes comparative studies of legislative, structural and electoral systems of other democratic regimes. The IDI also aims to enrich public discourse and encourage innovative thinking by initiating discussion of topics on the country’s political, social and economic agendas, with the participation of legislators, policymakers and academics. The IDI makes its findings available through the publication of position papers and books in the Democracy Library and its other series.
All Policy Papers and one chapter of each book are now online and available for free download at: www.idi.org.il
The Israel Democracy Institute, P.O.B. 4482, Jerusalem, 91044
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Professor Yedidia Z. Stern is a Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute; Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University; joint editor of the journal Democratic Culture and of the Israeli Judaism book series.
The views published in this Policy Paper are not necessarily those of the Israel Democracy Institute.