Communications

On October 7, 2023, the citizens of Israel’s communities on the border with Gaza were failed by the state, which neglected its duty to protect them and failed to adequately respond once the event came to light. In light of that failure, the state has a legal responsibility to bring the hostages, at least the civilians among them, safely home.

In the last decade, public tension in the State of Israel has been dealing with the relations between the central government authorities. This tension exists in the light of two polar views regarding the principle of the rule of law; this is the one that demands adherence to the rule of the law, no matter how unjust and unfair it may be, and this is the one that requires the...

Ephraim Lavie, Mohammed Wattad, and Meir Elran of the Institute for National Security Studies, (INSS) wrote earlier this week that part of the problem is that the current government is not prioritizing the problem. “If the government does not take immediate action to deal effectively with this severe challenge, which poses a threat to domestic security, the situation is likely...

The “legal reform” is an unsuccessful and dangerous disguise for a parliamentary coup. Its purpose is to concentrate all the governing power in the hands of the government. It limits the judiciary’s powers and the gatekeepers monitoring the government. This legal Reform is a threat to the national security of the State of Israel. The constitutional right to protest against the...

Researchers from Israel's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) wrote in a report published in January, "The violent clashes that erupted between Jews and Arabs with a nationalist-religious background in April-May 2021, did not reflect a popular uprising against authority and the state but mainly frustration by individuals and groups about their civil situation as...