Dr. Yoaz Handel appointed IZS chairman

 We are proud to announce that Dr. Yoaz Hendel has recently been appointed chairman of the IZS, replacing the founding chairman Israel Harel. We wish Yoaz great success in his new responsibility and we are grateful to Israel for his efforts during the past seven years since the founding of the IZS.

 We invite you to read an article by Dr. Yoaz Hendel written for Yom HaAztmaut.

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Jerusalem Limmud

On Lag Ba’Omer, which falls on Thursday 18th of Iyar (10.5.12), a “Limmud Jerusalem” conference will take place for the first time at Mt. Herzl. During the day there will be a variety of workshops and lessons whose aim is to create a Jewish-Israeli discourse between the different communities in Jerusalem and its environs. Among the various activities, the Zionist Beit Midrash will conduct a session entitled “Babylon and Jerusalem, or Negation of the Diaspora?” The public is invited.

For the program and registration

Basic Law: Legislation

Last month, the Justice Ministry distributed the memorandum, Basic Law: Legislation. The Institute for Zionist Strategies welcomes the intention of the Justice Ministry to legislate the procedures for Knesset legislation, which, among other provisions, grants the Knesset the authority of a constituent assembly to adopt a constitution. But this legislation is crucial to Israel's democracy and must be based on broad and extensive deliberation.  Moreover, the proposed legislation contains fundamental flaws that drastically diminish the chances for the adoption of a full constitution and it undermines the principle of the separation of the branches of government.

To review the IZS response