Israel and the Law. Does Israel Need a Constitution?
by Israel HighWay Staff

Go to the Knesset, or the Israel Museum, or the Prime Minister's office. Nowhere will you find a copy of Israel's Constitution. A formal written document simply does not exist.

The concept of a constitution is a hotly debated topic in Israel. There are many who say it is about time that Israel has a written constitution like many other nations in the world, with the American model springing to mind. As opposed to America whose founding fathers were generally of similar background, religion and ethnicity, Israel at its creation - and perhaps even more so today - consisted of many diverse groups.

It should be pointed out that the venerated British system of government also lacks a written constitution. How is that possible?

The drafting of an Israeli constitution faces several problems, perhaps insurmountable. The first is religious and the second could be called national. The religious and traditional communities in Israel have argued that there are already a constitution and a set of laws governing the individual as well as the community and state - the Torah. After all, some might argue, there were two Jewish commonwealths that survived and were counseled by the Bible and its commentaries.

On the extreme secular side, some Marxists insisted that any constitution will infringe on their beliefs which were often held with a religious-like fervor.

The national issue is also problematic. Israel, a Jewish and democratic state as envisioned by the Declaration of Independence, can present problems when the two goals collide. The issue of how Israel can remain a Jewish State or even a State of the Jews without infringing on the rights of its minorities is a difficult balancing act.

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Jerusalem Will Never Again Be in the Hands of Foreigners
Prime Minister on Jerusalem Day by Ariel Sharon

For 19 years Jerusalem was divided, besieged, reclusive, and for double that time - 38 years - it has been united and open. The majority of the Israeli population has not known a different reality. The younger generation could not visualize the line crossing the city, strewn with mines and barbed wire. They could not imagine the enemy soldiers on the walls of the Old City, and no access to the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, and the Mount of Olives. They could not imagine that the city's suburbs, from Ramot and Neveh Yaacov in the north, to Gilo and Har Homa in the south, were barren hills, with cannons aimed at the heart of Jerusalem.

For us, there is only one Jerusalem, and no other. It will be ours forever, and will never again be in the hands of foreigners. We will honor and cherish all lovers of Jerusalem, of all faiths and religions. We will carefully guard all its sites of prayer, churches and mosques, and freedom of worship will be ensured, which was not the case when others ruled it.

We will fearlessly face the entire world and will ensure the future of united Jerusalem. For Jerusalem is the anchor, root of life, and faith of the Jewish people and we will never again part with it. Whoever wishes to know this should open the Bible, read, and understand.

Historic Jerusalem, the heart of the Jewish people for over 3000 years, will always be one, united, the capital of the State of Israel forever and ever. (Prime Minister's Office)

U.S. Justice Dept. Focuses on Palestinian Terror by Uriel Heilman

The U.S. Department of Justice is opening an office aimed at intensifying the effort to capture and prosecute Palestinian terrorists who have killed Americans abroad.

The opening of the Office of Justice for Victims of Overseas Terrorism was mandated by the passage last December of the Koby Mandell Act, named for the 13-year-old Israeli-American boy (pictured) who was killed along with a friend while spelunking in the West Bank in 2001.

The bill, which requires the U.S. government to give equal treatment to all U.S. citizens harmed by terrorism overseas, regardless of the terrorists' country of origin or residence, was conceived to force U.S. authorities to pursue Palestinian murderers of Americans in Israel more actively.

A total of 52 Americans have been killed by Palestinians in Israel and the territories since the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993. (Jerusalem Post)

Down to Earth - The Deciphering of Ilan Ramon's Damaged Space Diary by David B. Green

In his surviving diary entries from space, Ilan Ramon unintentionally authenticated his public persona as sensitive, large-hearted and smart - but only after extensive conservation work made them legible.

Rona Ramon was still living in Houston, Texas, when the people at NASA told her that searchers in a rural part of the state had turned up some documents in Hebrew that had fallen out of the sky. The pages, some 18 of them, contained entries from Ilan's handwritten astronaut's log. They had survived an explosion that enveloped the spaceship when, hitting the atmosphere at a speed of 17,000 miles per hour, it was exposed to heat in excess of 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

As she looked at the few legible pages, Rona Ramon recalls, she began to cry. "It was a very, very emotional moment. There are parts where he speaks to me and to the children," says Rona (the couple had four). "He writes as if the reader is with him. It still moves me."

Miraculous as the survival of the pages might have been, most of them were not in a state that allowed for them to be read. It is thanks to Sharon Brown and Michael Maggen that some of the final words written by Ilan Ramon in space, as well as material he wrote beforehand and took with him, have been deciphered. Brown is a chemist, with the rank of superintendent, who works at the Israel Police headquarters examining and identifying "questioned documents." Together with Maggen, who heads the Israel Museum's paper conservation lab, working over a period of eight months, she restored large sections of the pages that were found. (Jerusalem Report)

5th Avenue Goes Blue-and-White for Salute to Israel Parade
by Uriel Heilman

New York Jewry put on its biggest annual show of support for Israel on Sunday with tens of thousands of people crowding onto Manhattan's Fifth Avenue to watch or march in the 41st annual Salute to Israel Parade. The East Side street turned into a river of blue-and-white flags on what was a brilliantly sunny day, while on the sidelines many parade-goers wore orange T-shirts to demonstrate their solidarity with Gaza's settlers.

The march was followed by a concert in Central Park that doubled as a political rally in support of Gaza's Jews and against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan.

"The parade has always been the largest gathering in support of Israel," said Judy Kaufthal, president of the Israel Tribute Committee, the group that organizes the annual parade. "It's a real feel-good kind of a day."

In an effort to keep the parade apolitical, marchers included both left-wing and right-wing groups, including a small contingent bearing a sign that read "Kahana Chai."

On a day on which synagogues, youth groups, marching bands, entertainment companies and even rental-car companies marched or floated down the avenue, Jewish day schools comprised the vast majority of marchers - as they do every year. About 100,000 marchers were expected for the parade.

Traditionally, the most visible presence at the parade are Orthodox Jews, who constitute the majority of the spectators.

On Sunday, in addition to men in kippot and women in long skirts, there were plenty of bare midriffs, teenagers in tank tops and Israelis wading through the crowds. (Jerusalem Post)

Helping Dyslexics One Heartbeat at a Time by Kelly Hartog

A father and son team from Israel has patented an innovative technology called Brightstar that is helping thousands of Americans overcome dyslexia. Dyslexia is a neurologically-based, often familial, disorder which interferes with the acquisition and processing of language. Varying in degrees of severity, it is manifested by difficulties in receptive and expressive language, including phonological processing, in reading, writing, spelling, handwriting, and sometimes in arithmetic.

U.S. government statistics show 25 million Americans are functionally illiterate, with the primary cause being dyslexia or one of its many variations.

42-year-old Yossi Kullok and his father Saul invested 11 years of research and development in Israel before unveiling BrightStar Technology in 2001. BrightStar is the first prototype of its kind to use non-invasive technology to help with those suffering not only from dyslexia, but also other neurological disorders including ADHD and dyspraxia.

Patented by the Kulloks in the United Kingdom, their company - Epoch Innovations - has made inroads in working with dyslexics throughout Britain, and is recognized by the British Dyslexics Association.

But the Kulloks' success is not just limited to the UK. BrightStar is now also based in Palo Alto in northern California, where Americans have benefited from the technology over the last two years. (Israel21c)

For Students, Dog Days of Summer Give Way to Israel Advocacy Training by Rachel Pomerance

Summer for students once meant lazy days for swimming, reading or playing sports. But for many of today’s Jewish youth, summer is a key time for rigorous training in Israel advocacy and Jewish leadership.

Since the start of the Palestinian intifada nearly five years ago, scores of Jewish groups rolled out or beefed up programs for Jewish students to promote Israel on college campuses, the site of the most heated debate in the United States on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As part of the increased programming, summer has become an increasingly popular time for groups to hold workshops and missions to Israel.

Programming also is growing for Jewish teens. B’nai Brith Youth Organization has expanded its batch of summer programs, reaching out to non-BBYO members. Among them are Passport to Israel trips, which include an outdoor adventure program, a Jewish education trip and a basic tour of Israel. Nearly 350 students have enrolled on the program, six times the number that attended last year.

Julie Krause, 16, who will soon finish her junior year at New Jersey’s Cherry Hill High School East, is hooked on BBYO summer programs. “I’ve been there and I love the country,” she said of Israel, but “I don’t know my place. I don’t live there. I don’t spend summers there. I want to find my place in Israel, what I’m supposed to do.” (JTA)

Attending the AIPAC Policy Conference by Jenny Sutton

Imagine surrounding yourself with nearly 5000 pro-Israel individuals from every background; compound that with a phenomenal lineup of the some of the world’s most elite politicians, policymakers, and professors - and welcome to the 2005 AIPAC Policy Conference.

This year’s Policy Conference was actually my third AIPAC event. I previously attended the 2004 AIPAC Policy Conference, and a Winter Saban National Political Leadership Training Seminar. After each experience, I was convinced that no future AIPAC experience could top what I had just participated in, but at each turn, AIPAC proved me wrong, and this year’s Policy Conference was no exception.

First, the bi-partisan unity in support of the U.S.-Israel relationship was a remarkable feat. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Senator Hillary Clinton, the top Democratic and Republican leadership of Congress, and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon all spoke eloquently and reiterated again and again their unwavering support for the American-Israel relationship. Personally, I was left speechless after Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) spoke. His powerful words about Israel and commitment to fight the anti-Semitism in Europe evoked a feeling of unity throughout the room.

While one might be inclined to attribute all the wonders of Policy Conference to the speakers, know that the setting was even more remarkable. There were nearly 1,000 students around me - more than 120 high schoolers and more than 800 college students from 295 campuses and all 50 states. As a senior going to college in the fall, I found it invaluable to be able to interact with a multitude of college students and engage them in conversations about the happenings and opportunities on their respective campuses. Furthermore, the many non-Jewish campus leaders there advocating a strong U.S.-Israel relationship absolutely impacted my view on pro-Israel, political activism, driving home the point that the U.S.-Israel relationship is not just a Jewish value, but an American value.

For me, the most exciting part of this year’s Policy Conference was the opportunity to speak on a High School student panel. The panel included a student from Whitwell, TN involved in the "Paper Clips" story, a student from Dallas, TX who sold tens of thousands of "Students Against Terror" bracelets, and me. I told my story, how, after finding myself as the only Jew in a high school environment unfriendly to Israel, I began engaging those around me in conversations about Israel, and over time, changed the environment around me. I felt privileged to have had the opportunity to share my thoughts at this forum, one that has undoubtedly paved the way for a future, more comprehensive AIPAC high school program.

I could continue to describe my great experience at Policy Conference, but that would not necessarily answer the question, "How is AIPAC so successful?" After attending three phenomenal AIPAC conferences, and after spending last year interning in AIPAC’s New York office, I am convinced that the answer is in the relationships AIPAC members, staff, and activists form with current and future policymakers of many different political, religious, and racial backgrounds. As was mentioned at the High School panel, it’s not just about Israel, it’s about changing lives. I know mine certainly has.

Israeli-Developed Coexistence Education Project Awarded International Prize by Allison Kaplan Sommer

Israeli Professor Dan Bar-On is a psychologist - but the award-winning project he initiated is not geared towards how people gain insight into themselves, but into their bitterest enemies. In order for people with years of painful and violent interaction to coexist peacefully, he contends, they don't necessarily have to like or agree with each other, but they must understand their point of view and their view of the history between them. This can happen, he has found, when they really listen to each other's personal stories. "The idea is not that you have to agree with the other narrative, but you have to listen to it, to respect it and try to understand it," Bar-On (pictured right) explained. "You can't de-legitimize it - if you want to live with the other side, you have to learn to live with their narrative."

Bar-On, the Chair of the Department of Behavioral Science at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, has harnessed this idea into an ambitious educational curriculum development project entitled 'Learning Each Other's Narrative,' which he co-directs with his Palestinian partner, Sami Adwan (pictured left), an education professor at Bethlehem University.

Last week, the project was awarded the prestigious the inaugural Victor J. Goldberg IIE Prize for Peace in the Middle East, of the Institute of International Education. The organization, "commends your commitment to overcoming the barriers that divide the Middle East," IIE president Allan E. Goodman said in a letter to Bar-On and Adwan, adding that their project "has demonstrated success in bringing people together across religious, cultural, ethnic, and political divides." (Israel21c)

Far From Home, Friendship Spans Political Divide. Palestinian, Israeli Girls Find Much in Common in U.S. by Jamal Abdul-Alim

Back home, even though they live only a short distance from one another, 11-year-old Maya Lowengart (pictured left) and 10-year-old Lina Alaraj (right) would have been worlds apart. Maya Lowengart, who is Israeli, and Lina Alaraj, who is Palestinian, have been friends since learning English together last year at Shorewood’s Atwater Elementary School. Maya is an Israeli from the village of Timmorim. Her native tongue is Hebrew. Lina is a Palestinian from Beit Jala on the West Bank. Her first language is Arabic.

Back in their homelands - where ideological and political clashes over land and power persist between Israelis and Palestinians - the girls may have never crossed paths, much less become schoolmates.

But here at Atwater Elementary School, the girls are classmates, and, after learning English together during special sessions each day beginning last fall, they have become good friends. The other day, a visitor found the girls seated together at the same table during lunch - a regular occurrence, according to the school principal.

The girls are in Shorewood because their fathers are visiting professors at the nearby University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Maya's father, Oded Lowengart, a widely published business instructor in the School of Management at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, is a visiting associate professor in the School of Business Administration at UWM. Lina's father, an assistant professor in the department of mechanical engineering at Birzeit University in the West Bank, is on a Fulbright scholarship. (JS Online)

Ex-Muslim Calls on Her People to Reject Hatred by Lisa Friedman

Nonie Darwish was 8 years old and living in Gaza when her father, an Egyptian military officer who led Arab attacks inside Israel, was killed by assassins."Which one of you will avenge your father's death and kill Jews?" Darwish recalls friends, family and neighbors asking her and her siblings.

Her life could not have taken a more different path. Today Darwish, 56, makes her home in the San Fernando Valley and runs an "Arabs for Israel" Web site.

A Muslim who converted to Christianity, Darwish also is making a national name for herself as an outspoken critic of radical Islam, as well as of moderate Muslims whom she believes don't do enough to fight what she calls the "culture of hatred" in Arab countries. "I might sound a little harsh talking and judging my culture of origin, but it is time for Arabs and Muslims to start doing some soul-searching," she said recently in Washington, D.C., where she was speaking to the Israel Project, a pro-Israel public relations group.

"The silent Muslim majority has to rise and end this insanity - teach children peace instead of war, teach them respect for other religions," she said. "We need to promote that in the Arab world."

Darwish's newfound role as an editorialist and public speaker has come at a price.

She writes under a pseudonym: "Nonie" is a family nickname, and "Darwish" is her grandfather's last name. She asked that the community where she lives not be printed because she receives periodic death threats.

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, president of The Israel Project, called Darwish "courageous" and asked her to kick off the group's newest initiative, Teach Kids Peace. "If you do searches of courageous Muslim leaders willing to speak out, there aren't very many of them," Mizrahi said. (Los Angeles Daily News)

See also:

Arabs for Israel
Nonie Darwish

Israel Group Seeks Alabama Participants

Organizers of an Alabama economic development trip to Israel this fall visited Birmingham last week to encourage participation by businesses and professionals. The road trip is touting the Alabama-Israel Trade Mission. Sponsors are the Birmingham Jewish Federation, American-Israel Chamber of Commerce's Southeast Region and TechBirmingham.

The early September trip will focus on Tel Aviv but meetings and sight-seeing will occur in Jerusalem, Haifa and Rosh Ha'ayin. "We'll see how a small country has turned into a technological powerhouse," said Tom Glaser, president of the American-Israel chamber. The state's contingent also will show Israeli investors and business leaders the benefits of setting up U.S. operations in Alabama. (Birmingham News)

"Take Revenge"

Speaking on a kibbutz in the Western Galilee, Miriam Harel kept a roomful of birthright israel participants in rapt attention as she shared her memories of being a teenager caught up in the horror of the Holocaust. She recalled a message she found scrawled on a wall in a Polish ghetto where she hid more than 60 years before: "Take revenge."

"You are our revenge," she told the students, explaining that by remembering the victims of the Holocaust and celebrating their Jewish heritage they were helping to defeat of Hitler's "Final Solution."

Harel's testimony was a powerful introduction to Kibbutz Lochamei Haghettaot, the Ghetto Fighters' Kibbutz, founded in 1949 by survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto. Several buses of birthright israel students visited the kibbutz museum, the world's first Holocaust museum, as part of five hours of Holocaust education that is included throughout the 10-day trip.

After hearing Harel recount her experience in the ghetto and several concentration camps including Auschwitz, the students visited the separate children's museum, Yad Leyeled. The educational center provides a simpler, less graphic view of the Holocaust that allows children to interpret information in their own way using photos and replicas of life in the ghetto.

David Brownstein, a senior at Penn State, was struck by an unattributed quote displayed on a wall that said, "Acts are droplets. They merge and form pools. No one can take the pool of the completed act from you."

"In reflecting on this great tragedy in our history, and reflecting on it the quote reminds us to remember to look back while we also move forward," Brownstein said. (Hillel)

Hoop Star Scores On and Off Court by Cookie Lommel

Aulcie Perry is a tall man - and a man who stands tall in Israel. At 6-foot-11, the former professional basketball center would stand out in a crowd anywhere in the world. In Israel, Perry draws crowds of fans, especially youngsters. "I’ve been here a long time," said Perry, an African American born in Newark, N.J. “Israel has been good to me.”

Perry has been good to Israel as well.

After a successful career with the country’s top basketball team, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Perry, 54, opened summer basketball clinics for children 7 to 14 years old in Tel Aviv. And he’s about to open another one - a camp set up to attract teens from all over the world, especially observant Jews.

This focus on teaching basketball in an Israeli and Jewish context began eight years ago, when Perry and Greg Cornelius, an American hoopster from East Carolina University who played professionally in Israel, developed plans for a summer camp. The result was the Basketball for Stars summer camp at the Wingate Sports Institute near Netanya.

"It is a very, very high-quality affair," Perry said. "I bring the best coaches, and also coaches who are Israeli and were star players here in Israel. I also bring in the top players from Maccabi to come in and talk to the kids." (Jewish Journal of Los Angeles)

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Israel Driving Europe Crazy by Ofer Ronen-Abels

Israel's national soccer team returned from Dublin following its impressive 2-2 draw against Ireland Saturday night in a 2006 World Cup qualifier.

"This team is driving Europe crazy with what it manages to achieve," coach Avraham Grant said during a press conference at London's Heathrow Airport, where the team stopped for a few hours on its way home. "Everywhere I go, even in Ireland both before and after the match, people still can't believe what we are doing. But this is not the peak, because each time we reach a new one."

Unbeaten in its seven matches, Israel is in second place in Group Four with 11 points. Switzerland, a 3-1 winner over the Faeroe Islands on Saturday, leads the group with 12 points in six matches, while France and Ireland are tied for third with 10 points in six matches. The group winner advances to next year's finals in Germany. Two of Europe's eight second-place finishers also clinch a spot, and the remaining six runners-up will enter a playoff. (Jerusalem Post)

Actors Building Bridges Out of Words by Michael Posner

Thanks to philanthropist Leslie Dan, Torontonians are about to enjoy a rare theatrical treat: five performances by Israel's Gesher Theater.

It was Dan, the founder of Novopharm, who agreed to pay the freight for bringing two Gesher shows - Isaac Babel's City and Isaac Bashevis Singer's Shosha (pictured) featuring some 60 actors and musicians - to the Toronto Center for the Arts for four appearances. Founded in Tel Aviv in 1991 by director Yevgeny Arye and a group of four young actors from the former Soviet Union, Gesher now ranks among the most acclaimed companies in the world. Performing alternately in Hebrew and Russian (with simultaneous earphone translation into English), Gesher - meaning "bridge" in Hebrew - has assembled an impressive list of production credits and glowing critical reviews. (Globe and Mail - Canada)

Imitating America: Prom Night in Israel by Tamar Trembelsi-Hadad

In the coming month, as Israeli students cram for matriculation exams, thousands will find the time to order limousines, reserve hotel rooms, rent tuxedoes and get fitted for formal dresses.

Just a decade ago, graduating seniors made do with simple graduation night celebrations in the school gym. But all that changed six years ago, when students began copying the high school proms many of them saw in movies, by hiring out five-star hotels and expensive function halls for their extravagant parties.

“It is a cheap imitation of an American custom that not only costs a lot of money, but also has no connection to finishing school,” says Leah Rosenberg, Pedagogy Authority head.

Currently, a grad night party for Tel Aviv-area high schools can cost anywhere from NIS 10,000-70,000 (USD 2,300-16,000). The more students the event attracts, the more organizers are able to lower the price for each student. At the end of the day, parents may be asked to fork over anywhere from NIS 450-650 (about USD 104-150) and more, including the required payment for the official school party and a class photo. (Ynet News)

One Last Lesson Before Graduation by Shelley Rood

For most of my high school years, I didn't share or talk about anything Jewish. I wouldn't discuss why I missed school for the High Holidays or why I didn't eat meat with milk. I became nervous and agitated when controversial subjects came up in class because I didn't think I could stand the reactions of my classmates. I split myself into two: the Jewish me and the secular me. Neither of these parts alone equated to who I really was, and as a result, I felt hollow.

I waited until the beginning of my senior year to start being truthful with myself again. It took a summer spent in Washington, D.C., with Panim el Panim, (a Jewish leadership and service institute), and a month in Israel with the United Synagogue's Youth group (USY) for me to realize that I was closing myself off to much of who I am. As I slowly began to forgive others for their actions, I began to forgive myself. (Cleveland Jewish News)

This Normal Life: This Normal Poetry by Brian Blum

I moved to Israel because I always felt like an outsider in the U.S. Because the calendar and the holidays and the passions that most captivated me didn’t match the calendar and holidays and passions that the rest of the country was operating on. In Israel, I said, I feel part of society. I’m on the inside. (Jewish.com)

Click to read Israel's Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948

The Declaration of Independence (pictured) was given a quasi-constitutional status declaring the aims, aspirations and goals of the state with as large a consensus as possible among the political parties, but even this was not without controversy. As an example of the problems any constitution will face is seen in the reference to God in the Declaration of Independence. The religious wanted a reference to God and the secularists did not. The term Tzur Yisrael (Rock of Israel), which is a Biblical allusion to God but sufficiently vague in its meaning, was the compromise.

In 1950, the Knesset decided to adopt a resolution known as "the Harari proposal," named after MK Yizhar Harari who proposed it. According to this proposal "the First Knesset assigns to the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee the preparation of a proposed constitution for the state. The constitution will be made up of chapters, each of which will constitute a separate basic law. The chapters will be brought to the Knesset, as the Committee completes its work, and all the chapters together will constitute the constitution of the state." Following the passing of this resolution, the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee set up a sub-committee on the Constitution. Thanks to many like Ben Gurion himself, who saw no immediate need for a constitution, this is as far as the idea went. Yet, the concept of "Basic Laws" remained.

It is of importance to note that although Israel has no written constitution, it has a constitutional framework and laws which act as a type of constitution. These include the Declaration of Independence, laws like 'The Law of Return', the law governing the Jewish Agency, and Basic Laws like those enacted to deal with the Israel Defense Forces, Jerusalem the capital of Israel, and human dignity and freedom. This means that every Knesset is also in effect a constitutional assembly that can enact Basic Laws, usually by a modest special majority of 61, namely, half-plus-one of its total membership. The Knesset deals with Basic Laws and other constitutional matters through a standing Constitutional, Legislative and Judicial Committee.

Today, the Basic Laws constitute a body of fundamental principles of Israel's democracy and governmental system, even if they are not part of a formal constitution. In this regard, the laws are comparable to the unwritten British constitution which relies on fundamental documents dating back to the Magna Carta.

Finally, as Israel is a nation that actively seeks immigrants from around the world, it is very different from the vast majority of nations in the world. This factor also comes into play when deciding the need for a constitution. All Jews in the world are seen as potential citizens, and. thus, it is argued that these people also need a voice in the decision-making process. It is with this in mind that last month the committee charged with formulating a constitution traveled to the United States to listen to advice from the largest Jewish community outside of Israel.

Israel, for the first time in thousands of years contains the largest community of Jews in the world, and it is at this turning point that Israel seeks to define itself. How it does is an ongoing debate, and the need for a constitution is a major part of that debate which will continue to arouse many emotions and ideas. (Israel HighWay)

Additional Reading:

* Myths & Facts
* Israel Democracy Institute
* MKs seek U.S. advice on constitution
* The Constitution of the State of Israel by Dan Elazar

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