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Naomi Chazan

Professor Naomi Chazan, former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, is Dean of the School of Government and Society at the Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo

May 20, 2013
11:44 am

When a sex crime is really in the news

Israel has been rocked for some weeks by an intense debate on sexual harassment in the media. The Emmanuel Rosen affair is not just another high profile tale of......

May 5, 2013
1:13 pm

Stop saying no to the best deal ever

Since March, 2002, the Arab Peace Initiative has provided the most strategic and hopeful framework for a comprehensive solution to the Arab-Israel conflict. It has passed the test of......

April 21, 2013
7:26 am

An activist Knesset rolls up its sleeves

After a nine month hiatus (which included a seven-week break-in period for newly elected members), the Knesset is finally getting back to work today. This Knesset, the......

April 8, 2013
1:11 pm

Reforming the government…for the worse

Reforming the government…for the worse Naomi Chazan With all the attention devoted to economic and security issues since the installation of the present government, there is a very real......

March 23, 2013
3:02 pm

An Israeli Spring

Passover is the holiday of spring. The connection between the changing of the seasons and the story of Jewish bondage and emancipation has been an integral part of western......

March 10, 2013
10:05 am

The racism in our midst

Five vicious cases of hate crimes were recorded during the past two weeks alone. Hana Amtir, a pregnant Palestinian-Jerusalemite, was attacked by young girls while waiting for her husband......

February 24, 2013
10:00 am

Wake-up call in the West Bank

The disturbances throughout the West Bank in recent days, culminating in widespread demonstrations and the hunger strike of thousands of Palestinian prisoners during the past twenty-four hours, should surprise......

February 10, 2013
10:04 am

Service, equality and politics

The 2013 elections may have been determined by one single slogan: "equality of burden" (or, in its less accurate English rendition, "sharing the burden"). Both Yair Lapid......

January 21, 2013
4:30 am

Good luck, haver

Today Americans are celebrating the inauguration of Barack Obama’s second administration. In Israel, too, a large number of citizens – despite the flurry of activity on the......

January 6, 2013
11:31 am

A guide for the perplexed voter

The 2013 elections may very well be the most important elections to be held in Israel since 1967. They will, in effect, determine not only the borders of the......

December 26, 2012
3:27 pm

Gendering elections: women’s power at the ballot box

For anyone following the latest polls, the forthcoming elections in Israel are a done deal. The right-religious bloc is consistently outscoring the center-left bloc by anywhere between 16 and......

December 9, 2012
11:26 am

The E1 conundrum

Israel’s decision to take harsh punitive measures in response to the UN vote granting non-member state status to the Palestinians has evoked predictably vehement (and eminently avoidable) reactions, extending......

November 25, 2012
11:10 pm

As the cloud lifts it’s time for a clear new vision

The ceasefire which brought an end to Operation Pillar of Defense either signals yet another temporary hiatus in the ever-escalating spiral of violence between Israelis and......

November 12, 2012
5:48 am

The elephant in the polling booth

Democratic elections, as the American ballot so clearly demonstrated, magnify critical issues and seek to decide key policy directions. In Israel, the intensification of activity around......

October 28, 2012
7:30 pm

Likud-Beytenu — big bang or big bust?

The dramatic announcement of the merger of the Likud and Yisrael Beytenu is but the latest demonstration of why the 2013 elections are far from a......

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