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Jan 9, 2022, 6:08 PM

Trust is on the wane

Yet Israelis still believe that the courts function is to protect democracy

Oct 6, 2021, 2:53 PM

One Arab justice isn’t enough

Supreme Court justices arrive for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on February 24, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

The bench is supposed to reflect the diversity that is Israeli society, and a token Arab seat can't accomplish that

Jan 12, 2021, 3:59 PM

Task number one for the incoming Israel Police commissioner

Public Security Minister Amir Ohana and acting Israeli Police Commisioner Kobi Shabtai visit a temporary roadblock on Highway 1 outside Jerusalem, January 8, 2021, during a 3rd nationawide full lockdown, in an effort to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The public has given your organization a failing grade for fairness and transparency. Do citizens believe this can change? Not so much

Feb 19, 2019, 2:12 PM

We need a Government Code of Ethics now

As the AG prepares to indict PM Netanyahu, such a code would stem the expected increase in attacks on law enforcement

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Dr. Guy Lurie is a researcher at the Israel Democracy Institute.