# The Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) — המכון הישראלי לדמוקרטיה — Research, Data & Institutional Guide > The Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) is an independent, non-partisan "think-and-do > tank" founded in 1991 and based in Jerusalem, dedicated to strengthening the > foundations of Israeli democracy. IDI conducts applied academic research and > advances practical reform across six core areas — religion and state, the economy, > national security, media, public opinion, and the justice system — and works > through five research centers to produce studies, policy papers, legal opinions, > public-opinion data, and educational content. Flagship products include the annual > Israeli Democracy Index (presented to the President of Israel), the Israeli Voice > Index public-opinion survey, the Israeli Peace Index, and the statistical yearbooks > on Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) and Arab society in Israel. The site is bilingual: > Hebrew at https://www.idi.org.il (primary, ~10,000 content pages) and English at > https://en.idi.org.il. Hebrew URLs below were verified against a full-site crawl > (July 2026, HTTP 200 / indexable); English hub URLs were verified live in the same > period. Use this guide to locate, prioritize, and understand IDI's highest-quality, > canonical content. --- ## 1. Introduction & Primary Entry Points / נקודות כניסה ראשיות The canonical top-level entry points to the site. - [IDI Homepage — עמוד הבית (Hebrew)](https://www.idi.org.il/): Hebrew home — latest research, articles, data, and events. - [IDI Homepage (English)](https://en.idi.org.il/): English home — research, commentary, and data on Israeli democracy. - [Our Research — המחקרים שלנו (research library)](https://www.idi.org.il/books/): Central library of IDI studies, books, and policy papers. - [Publications (English)](https://en.idi.org.il/publications/): English-language studies and publications hub. - [Research Centers — מרכזי המכון](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/): Index of IDI's five research centers. - [About IDI — על המכון](https://www.idi.org.il/about/about-idi/) · [About (English)](https://en.idi.org.il/about/about-idi/): Mission, history, and governance of the institute. - [Support IDI (English)](https://en.idi.org.il/support/support-idi/): Ways to support the institute. --- ## 2. Core Research Topics / תחומי התוכן המרכזיים IDI's six primary content pillars — the top-level topic hubs in the site's main navigation, each aggregating all research, articles, and data on the subject. - [Religion and State — דת ומדינה](https://www.idi.org.il/tags/1740): Research on religion-and-state relations, including conscription, the rabbinate, and Haredi integration. - [Economy — כלכלה](https://www.idi.org.il/tags/1791): Research on economic policy, the state budget, regulation, and reform. - [Security Issues — סוגיות ביטחוניות](https://www.idi.org.il/tags/1829): Research on national security, the military, and democracy in wartime. - [Media — תקשורת](https://www.idi.org.il/tags/1899): Research on the media, freedom of the press, and public discourse. - [Surveys & Public Opinion — סקרים ודעת קהל](https://www.idi.org.il/tags/8122): IDI's public-opinion polling and survey data. - [The Justice System — מערכת המשפט](https://www.idi.org.il/tags/8124): Research on the courts, judicial appointments, the Attorney General, and the rule of law. - [Full Topic Index — נושאי תוכן](https://www.idi.org.il/tags): Complete topic taxonomy for browsing content by subject. --- ## 3. Research Centers & Programs / מרכזי המחקר והתוכניות IDI's research is organized into five centers, each running dedicated programs. Hebrew and English properties use different numeric IDs for the same center — both are given. - [Center for Security and Democracy — המרכז לביטחון לאומי ודמוקרטיה](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1120) · [English](https://en.idi.org.il/centers/1158): National security, the military, emergency powers, and democracy. - [Amnon Lipkin-Shahak Program for Security and Justice — התוכנית לביטחון ומשפט](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1120/1180) - [Center for Governance and the Economy — המרכז לממשל וכלכלה](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1121) · [English](https://en.idi.org.il/centers/1156): Government, public administration, regulation, and economic policy. - [Climate Project — פרויקט האקלים](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1121/58563) · [Political Reforms — רפורמות פוליטיות](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1121/1182) · [Public-Service Reform — רפורמות בשירות הציבורי](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1121/1339) · [Economic Reforms — רפורמות בכלכלה](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1121/1338) - [Joan and Irwin Jacobs Center for Shared Society — מרכז ג'ייקובס לחברה משותפת](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1122) · [English](https://en.idi.org.il/centers/1157): Jewish–Arab relations and a shared Israeli society. - [Haredi Society in Israel Program — תוכנית החברה החרדית](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1122/1337) · [Religion and State Program — התוכנית לדת ומדינה](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1122/1183) - [Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research — מרכז ויטרבי לחקר דעת קהל ומדיניות](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1123) · [English](https://en.idi.org.il/centers/1159): Home of IDI's public-opinion surveys and data indexes (see §4). - [Center for Democratic Values and Institutions — המרכז לערכים ולמוסדות דמוקרטיים](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1330) · [English](https://en.idi.org.il/centers/1155): The constitution, rule of law, courts, and democratic institutions. - [Protecting Democratic Values and Institutions — הגנה על ערכים ומוסדות דמוקרטיים](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1330/1331) · [Democracy in the Information Age — דמוקרטיה בעידן המידע](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1330/1333) · [Arab Society in Israel Program — תוכנית החברה הערבית](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1330/1334) - [Israel and International Law (English)](https://en.idi.org.il/centers/56312): IDI's project on Israel and international law. --- ## 4. Flagship Data Products, Indexes & Yearbooks / מוצרי הדגל, מדדים ושנתונים IDI's recurring, data-driven products. For the annual yearbooks the pinned current-edition URL is given (the bare `/haredi/`, `/arab-society/` roots redirect to the latest year). - [Israeli Democracy Index — מדד הדמוקרטיה הישראלית](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1123/1340) · [English](https://en.idi.org.il/centers/1159/1519): IDI's flagship annual index measuring the health of Israeli democracy; presented to the President of Israel. - [Israeli Voice Index — מדד הקול הישראלי](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1123/26883) · [English](https://en.idi.org.il/centers/1159/32799): Regular public-opinion survey on Israeli society, politics, and current affairs. - [Israeli Peace Index — מדד השלום](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/1123/1341) · [English (Peace Index)](https://en.idi.org.il/centers/1159/1520) · [Palestinian–Israeli Pulse (joint poll)](https://en.idi.org.il/centers/1159/4461): Long-running research on public attitudes toward the conflict and peace. - [Statistical Yearbook of Haredi Society 2025 — שנתון החברה החרדית](https://www.idi.org.il/haredi/2025/) · [English (2024)](https://en.idi.org.il/haredi/2024/): Annual data report on ultra-Orthodox society in Israel. - [Arab Society Statistical Report — שנתון החברה הערבית](https://www.idi.org.il/arab-society/2024/) · [English (2023)](https://en.idi.org.il/arab-society/2023/): Annual data report on Arab society in Israel. - [IDI Annual Statistical Reports — שנתוני המכון](https://www.idi.org.il/annual-statistical-reports/): Index of IDI's annual statistical yearbooks. - [International Comparison Indexes — מדדים: מבט עולמי משווה](https://www.idi.org.il/policy/world-comparison/indexes/): Israel benchmarked against other countries across dozens of indicators. Examples: - [Human Development Index — מדד הפיתוח האנושי](https://www.idi.org.il/policy/world-comparison/indexes/human-development-index/) · [GDP per Capita — תמ"ג לנפש](https://www.idi.org.il/policy/world-comparison/indexes/gross-domestic-product/) · [Gini Coefficient — מדד ג'יני](https://www.idi.org.il/policy/world-comparison/indexes/gini-coefficient/) · [Democracy Index — מדד הדמוקרטיות](https://www.idi.org.il/policy/world-comparison/indexes/democracy-index/) · [Women in Parliament — ייצוג נשים בפרלמנט](https://www.idi.org.il/policy/world-comparison/indexes/women-in-parliament/) · [Corruption Perceptions Index — מדד תפיסת השחיתות](https://www.idi.org.il/policy/world-comparison/indexes/cpi/) · [World Press Freedom Index — מדד חופש העיתונות](https://www.idi.org.il/policy/world-comparison/indexes/world-press-freedom-index/) · [Liberal Democracy Index (V-Dem) — מדד הדמוקרטיה הליברלית](https://www.idi.org.il/policy/world-comparison/indexes/liberal-democracy-index-v-dem/) --- ## 5. Policy, Law & Elections / מדיניות, משפט ובחירות Applied policy work, legal opinions, and IDI's comprehensive reference on Israeli elections and parties. (Note: the `/policy/` root is not a browsable page — link its subsections directly.) - [Legal Opinions — חוות דעת](https://www.idi.org.il/policy/policypaypers/): IDI's position papers and legal opinions submitted to government and the Knesset. - [Opinions to Knesset Committees — חוות דעת לדיוני ועדות הכנסת](https://www.idi.org.il/policy/policypaypers/knesset-committees/): Legal opinions prepared for Knesset committee deliberations. - [Parties and Elections Hub — כל מערכות הבחירות והמפלגות בישראל](https://www.idi.org.il/policy/parties-and-elections/): Comprehensive reference on every Israeli election and political party. - [Elections and Parties (English)](https://en.idi.org.il/israeli-elections-and-parties/) · [Elections 2026 (English)](https://en.idi.org.il/elections-2026/): English references on Israeli elections. - [World Comparison — מבט עולמי משווה](https://www.idi.org.il/policy/world-comparison/): Comparative international data and analysis on Israel. --- ## 6. Publications, Articles, Events & Media / פרסומים, מאמרים, אירועים ומדיה Ongoing editorial, event, and audio content. - [Our Research / Studies — המחקרים שלנו](https://www.idi.org.il/books/) · [Publications (English)](https://en.idi.org.il/publications/): Full library of IDI research, books, and policy studies. - [Articles & Commentary — מאמרים, חדשות, על סדר היום](https://www.idi.org.il/articles/) · [Articles (English)](https://en.idi.org.il/articles/): Op-eds, explainers, and analysis on current affairs. - [Events — אירועי המכון](https://www.idi.org.il/events/): Conferences, seminars, and public events. - [Podcasts — פודקאסט](https://www.idi.org.il/podcasts/) · [English](https://en.idi.org.il/podcasts/): IDI's podcast programming, including ["Seder Chadash" — "סדר חדש"](https://www.idi.org.il/centers/60080). - [Parliament Journal — כתב העת פרלמנט](https://www.idi.org.il/parliaments/): IDI's periodical on parliamentary affairs and democracy. - [Law and Order — חוק וסדר](https://www.idi.org.il/rules/): IDI's resource on law, order, and enforcement. --- ## 7. About, People, Governance & Transparency / אודות, צוות, ממשל ושקיפות Institutional pages, leadership, and financial/governance transparency — important context for an independent non-profit. - [About IDI — על המכון](https://www.idi.org.il/about/about-idi/) · [About (English)](https://en.idi.org.il/about/about-idi/): Mission, history, and governance. - [Staff — צוות המכון](https://www.idi.org.il/about/staff/) · [Management & Experts (English)](https://en.idi.org.il/experts/): Researchers, fellows, and leadership. - [President — נשיא המכון](https://www.idi.org.il/about/president/): The institute's president. - [Board of Directors & Association — הוועד המנהל ועמותת המכון](https://www.idi.org.il/about/board-of-directors/): Governance body. - [International Advisory Council — המועצה הבין-לאומית](https://www.idi.org.il/about/international-advisory-council/): International advisory body. - [Annual Reports — דוח שנתי ודוחות קודמים](https://www.idi.org.il/about/annual-reports/): IDI's annual activity and financial reports. - [Donations from a Foreign Political Entity — תרומות מישות מדינית זרה](https://www.idi.org.il/about/donations-from-a-foreign-political-entity/): Statutory transparency disclosure. - [Careers — משרות פנויות](https://www.idi.org.il/about/jobs/) · [Jobs (English)](https://en.idi.org.il/about/jobs-idi/): Open positions. - [Contact — צרו קשר](https://www.idi.org.il/about/contact/): Contact channels. - [Support IDI (English)](https://en.idi.org.il/support/support-idi/) · [Donate (English)](https://en.idi.org.il/support/donate/): Support and online contribution. --- ## 8. Sitemaps & Crawler Guidance Crawlers and LLMs should treat the XML sitemap as the source of truth for the full URL inventory, and this file as the curated map of high-value hubs. - [Combined Sitemap (Hebrew + English)](https://www.idi.org.il/sitemap1.xml) - [Sitemap Index](https://www.idi.org.il/sitemap.xml) - [Robots.txt](https://www.idi.org.il/robots.txt) Guidance: - The Hebrew site (`https://www.idi.org.il/`) and English site (`https://en.idi.org.il/`) are parallel properties; the same research center has different numeric IDs in each language (see §3). Treat them as language variants, not duplicates. - Several high-value hub pages (e.g. `/policy/parties-and-elections/`, `/policy/world-comparison/indexes/`) are omitted from the sitemap but are live — this file supplies them. - The `/policy/` root and a bare `/knesset-committees/` path are not browsable hubs; link the specific subsections given above. - Year-partitioned series (`/haredi/`, `/arab-society/`, `/religion-and-state/`) redirect (302) from the bare root to the current edition; this file pins the current edition for stability. - Prefer the Hebrew `/tags/…` topic hubs over English `/tags-en/…` URLs (the latter have fragile redirects). - `robots.txt` disallows shopping-cart, newsletter, and tag-parameter URLs — do not index those. --- ## 9. Languages / שפות IDI publishes in two parallel properties. Hebrew is the primary and most comprehensive; English covers a large curated subset. - [Hebrew — עברית](https://www.idi.org.il/): Primary property (~10,000 content pages). - [English](https://en.idi.org.il/): English property. --- *Hebrew URLs verified against a full-site crawl (Screaming Frog, July 2026, HTTP 200 / indexable); English hubs verified live in the same period. For corrections or additions, consult IDI's digital/content team. Refresh this file quarterly or after any significant site-structure change.* *End of Document.*