Members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Government of Israel have been invited to the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem to discuss issues Israel’s Democracy faces in 2008 in a series of three lunch briefings.
“More than half way through the first decade of the 21st century, the essential features that characterize Israeli democracy have not only remained unchanged, but several indicators even suggest deterioration: it is the formal democracy of a fragmented society that has not completed shaping a tradition of responsibility for political sovereignty.
IDI has taken up the challenge of confronting issues that will affect Israeli society in the long run. As a policy-oriented, apolitical, and nonpartisan think tank, IDI endeavors to engender reform processes in both the structure and the collective underpinning of the nation… IDI has assumed an additional role as an agent of change, aspiring to motivate legislators and decision-makers to reform the government, governance, and the normative infrastructures of Israeli public life.”
-Dr. Arye Z. Carmon, President of the Israel Democracy Institute
Thursday, February 21
Terror and Democracy: The Tension between National and Personal Security and the Right to Freedom, Privacy, and Life
Speakers: Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer, Senior Fellow at IDI, and Adv. Daniel Reisner, Research Fellow at IDI
For further information, please visit the department’s webpage
Tuesday, April 15
Constitution for Israel: Working to Make a Dream a Reality
Speakers: Prof. Yedidia Z. Stern and Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer, Senior Fellows at IDI
For further information, please visit the department’s webpage
Tuesday, June 17
The Democracy Index: How Do Israelis Perceive their Democracy?
Speaker: Prof. Asher Arian, Senior Fellow at IDI
View the 2007 Democracy Index