Interviews
One on One with Ruth Gavison: Preserving identity, promoting pluralism
That the focus of and condition for the interview with Ruth Gavison is to be her recently established NGO, "Metzilah," feels, at first, problematic. How, I wonder, will I be able to contain my curiosity about certain controversies surrounding this...
I'm not in the radical right
Prof. Ruth Gavison is convinced that if we don't wake up Zionism from its coma, we could become the Crusaders of the modern age. "Then we'll have a few more governments and a few more election campaigns. But we won't be able to sustain this enterp...
"A Palestinian state is needed in order to maintain a Jewish Israel"
CHANGE - “Hamas must be allowed to participate in the elections, but they must correct positions” - PLAN - “Sharon’s project reflects the interest of Israelis to find an end to the conflict”
Referenda can Endanger Democracy
While the Israeli government is considering putting Israel’s disengagement from Gaza to a referendum, there are voices within the academic world questioning this measure. “I think that the idea of introducing referenda as a regular political tool ...
Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State
In a region dominated by Arab dictatorships hostile to its existence, what chance does Israel have to preserve anything recognizable as democracy toward its large Arab minority? Hebrew University Professor Ruth Gavison expressed a cautious optimis...
Loyal Opposition: Professor Ruth Gavison on Judge Barak
Readers unfamiliar with the style of speech typical of the Israeli judicial system might think that the views expressed by Prof. Ruth Gavison in this interview do not deviate much from routine criticism. But her restrained tone, the understatement...
The Stealth Constitution
The defining element of any national constitution is that it expresses the fundamental will of the people. Only to the extent that it expresses those values does it enjoy democratic legitimacy. Even the most obvious characteristic of a constitutio...