Judicial Reform Protests & the National Days’ Sanctity
Prof. Yedidia Stern
President of the Jewish People Policy Institute, and a law professor. Stern was the dean of the law faculty in Bar Ilan University and the Vice President of the Israel Democracy Institute
“We need rules for the game, how to conduct our dispute… if we will be able in the next few years to form at least a procedure constitution – meaning, rules for the game – we will be able to reach the 100th anniversary of the State of Israel as one of the richest, most prosperous nations on earth.”
“Now nobody in Israel feels a winner, and I think this is the best situation to be in. we do not want to have winners here… If somebody will win, the other will be a chronic loser – and you don’t want to be a chronic loser.”
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Israel’s Independence Day: We Have a Reason to Celebrate
Dr. Michael Oren
Historian and author, former Israeli Ambassador to the US, former Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, former Member of the Knesset
“I can’t imagine another state that can rival these achievements in such a short span of time, overcoming such immense obstacles. On the other hand, I can’t imagine many states that will still cohere having undergone the types of threats, assaults and internal divisions that we have.”
“We don’t have the benefit of having a population that had 800 years of exposure to democracy as you have in the West, beginning with the Magna Carta… We need more civic training, more understanding what democracy is… We need a deeper understanding on what sovereignty is.”
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