Can the COVID-19 Crisis Become a Turning Point Toward a Shared Society in Israel? Published: 17 June 2020 In Israel, as in other parts of the world, the COVID-19 virus crisis is not only a health challenge. By Edan Ring and Kholod Edres
Right-wing Parties in the 2019 Israeli Elections Published: 4 April 2019 Analysis The 2019 Israeli elections will be determined on the issue of how many right-wing parties pass the 3.25% threshold and what their relative strength will be vis-à-vis the left bloc. Who are the rightwing parties, how did the religious and ultra-religious parties become “the natural partners” of Netanyahu's ruling Likud party, and what is the subtle interplay between them in view of the 2019 elections? By Gayil Talshir
National Elections 2019 – Status Report from the Perspective of the Arab Minority within the Israeli Citizenry Published: 3 April 2019 April 9, 2019, is the date set for elections to State of Israel’s 21st Knesset. These elections are important and challenging from many aspects, but this article will focus mainly on the perspective of the Arab minority within the Israeli citizenry. This group constitutes approximately one fifth of the state’s citizens and approximately 16.5% of eligible voters. By Ameer Fakhoury
Sinneswandel oder Täuschungsstrategie? Das neue politische Programm der Hamas Published: 7 June 2017 "Israel existiert und wird weiter existieren, bis der Islam es ausgelöscht hat, so wie er schon andere Länder vorher ausgelöscht hat"; – Eine der radikalsten Formulierungen, die unmissverständlich zur Vernichtung Israels aufruft, ist aus dem Grundsatzpapier der Hamas verschwunden. Nach 30 Jahren hat die radikalislamische Organisation erstmals ihr politisches Programm verändert und eine überarbeitete Fassung ihrer Charta veröffentlicht. Was bedeutet dieser Kurswechsel? By Lucia Heisterkamp
A Bridge to Peace, Climate Fellows Style Published: 1 May 2017 March 23rd was the last in a series of 14 day-long sessions billed as "stage one" of the year long Galilee Climate Fellows Program envisioned and implemented by the Town Association (TAEQ) and HBS partner The Heschel Center for Sustainability; in and of itself, a Jewish-Arab cooperation. Launched just a few short months ago, when nobody yet knew what fruits this enigmatic name of a program would bring.
Pro-Israel und Antisemitisch: Israels Dilemma mit dem Rechtsruck in Europa Published: 20 April 2017 Pro-Israel und antisemitisch – viele rechtsextreme Parteien in Europa scheinen darin keinen Widerspruch zu sehen. Im Zuge ihrer anti-muslimischen Propaganda geben sich Populisten wie Geert Wilders und Viktor Orban pro-Israelisch, während in den Reihen ihrer Parteien Antisemiten sitzen. Wo israelische Flaggen geschwenkt werden, kommt es zu Verharmlosungen des Holocaust. Ein Dilemma für die israelische Regierung, die ihre Beziehungen zu Europas Rechten in Anbetracht deren jüngster Erfolge und Relevanz nun neu überlegt. Die anstehenden Präsidentschaftswahlen in Frankreich verleihen dem Dilemma höchste Brisanz. By Lucia Heisterkamp
The road to a fourth Netanyahu gov’t runs through Haneen Zoabi Published: 16 February 2015 The ‘Zionist Camp’ needs the Arab parties in order to form a government. Its decision to vote for disqualifying Zoabi makes that support less and less likely (+972 Magazine). By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
What are the chances of a change? Published: 11 February 2015 Israel is heading towards early elections this March. Much of the public discourse is focused on the chances of the "Zionist Camp" to form the next coalition or on the prospect of a third term for a Netanyahu led government. Even though rightists still have quite a good chance of forming the next government again, this election is turning out decidedly different from those in recent memory. By Oz Aruch and Kerstin Mueller
To what extent is Germany a “secular state”? Published: 1 February 2015 The basic federal law in Germany begins with the words "Aware of its responsibility before God". With regard to approximately one-third of the population, which is not affiliated with any religious community, this is a bold statement. What is then the strutural relathionship between the German "secular state" and religion? By Professor Rolf Schieder
Why Feminist Rereading of Religious Texts is Never Enough Published: 1 February 2015 Feminist Rereading is never enough to correct the harms done to women by the subordination suffered and engendered by religious texts. And only a state, dedicated to universal, human rights, can best mitigate the effects of those harms. By Dr. Susan Weiss
