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Tuesday, January 24 at 5:20 p.m.

A data-driven discussion about the challenges and opportunities facing the State of Israel.
 

Speakers

Amichai Chikli
Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Social Equality
MK Gilad Kariv

Labor Party
Former Executive Director of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism 

MK Dr. Mansour Abbas

Chairman, United Arab List
Ra’am Party

MK Danny Danon
Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations
MK Orit Farkash Hacohen
National Unity Party
Prof. Irwin Cotler
Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
 
Yohanan Plesner

President
Israel Democracy Institute

Prof. Tamar Hermann

Academic Director of the Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy Israel Democracy Institute

Dr. Yizhar Hess

Vice Chairman,
World Zionist Organization

Dan Diker

President, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Amb. Alan Baker
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs; Former Legal Advisor, Israeli Foreign Ministry; and Former Ambassador to Canada
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Matan Vilnai
Chair, Commanders for Israel’s Security
Brigadier General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser

Director of Research, HaBithonistim

Mickey Gitzin

Director
New Israel Fund

Attorney Talia Sasson
Former head of the Special Tasks Division of the State Attorney’s office and immediate Past Board President of New Israel Fund
Oded Revivi
Mayor of Efrat
Yoav Dotan
Professor of Law
Faculty of Law, Hebrew University
YAAKOV KATZ

Editor-in-Chief of
The Jerusalem Post

MAAYAN HOFFMAN

Deputy CEO – Strategy & Innovation
The Jerusalem Post

Khaled Abu Toameh
Palestinian Affairs Correspondent
The Jerusalem Post
Zvika Klein
Jewish World Correspondent
The Jerusalem Post

Program

We will discuss:

• Trust in political parties
• Judicial reform and the power of the courts
• Rising tensions between Jews and Arabs
• The balance between Judaism and democracy
• Sovereignty and Israeli security
• The battle for Israel in the public sphere
• Political warfare in 2023
• Potential challenges in the international criminal courts

Religion & State

Judicial Reform

Trust in Democratic Systems

  • 5:20 p.m - Opening Remarks
    Yaakov Katz, Editor-in-chief, The Jerusalem Post
  • 5:25 p.m.: IDI’s Yohanan Plesner in Conversation with Yaakov Katz
  • 5:35 p.m. - Israel Democracy Index Data - Overview
    Prof. Tamar Hermann, Academic Director of the Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy at the Israel Democracy Institute
  • 5:45 p.m.: Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli in Conversation with Yaakov Katz
  • 5:55 p.m.: MK Danny Danon in Conversation with Maayan Hoffman
  • 6:05 p.m.: The Battle for Israel in the Public Sphere
    • Dan Diker, President, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
    • Adv. Talia Sasson, Former Head of the Special Tasks Division of the State Attorney’s Office and Immediate Past Board President of New Israel Fund
    • Moderator: Maayan Hoffman, Deputy CEO – Strategy & Innovation, The Jerusalem Post
  • 6:25 p.m.: Judicial Reform and the Power of the Courts
    • Prof. Yoav Dotan, Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University
    • Irwin Cotler, Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
    • Moderator: Zvika Klein, Jewish World Correspondent, The Jerusalem Post
  • 6:40 p.m.: MK Orit Farkash Hacohen in Conversation with Zvika Klein
  • 6:50 p.m.: New Israel Fund’s Mickey Gitzin in Conversation with Khaled Abu Toamah
  • 07:00 p.m.: MK Mansour Abbas in Conversation with Khaled Abu Toameh
  • 7:10 p.m.: Dr. Yizhar Hess, Vice Chairman of the World Zionist Organization in Conversation with Maayan Hoffman
  • 7:20 p.m.: Video - HaBitchonistim
  • 7:25 p.m.: Sovereignty and Israeli Security
    • Brigadier General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, Director of Research, HaBithonistim
    • Oded Revivi, Mayor of Efrat
    • Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Matan Vilnai, Chair, Commanders for Israel’s Security
    • Amb. Alan Baker, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs; Former Legal Advisor, Israeli Foreign Ministry; and Former Ambassador to Canada
    • Moderator: Khaled Abu Toameh, Palestinian Affairs Correspondent, The Jerusalem Post
  • 7:55 p.m.: MK Gilad Kariv in Conversation with Zvika Klein

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