{"id":9179,"date":"2014-02-26T18:46:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T18:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohelet.org.il\/article\/kohelet-jewish-nation-law-conference\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:01:17","slug":"kohelet-jewish-nation-law-conference","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/en\/article\/kohelet-jewish-nation-law-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Kohelet Conference on Israel as the Jewish Nation-State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kohelet Policy Forum hosted a conference discussing the various aspects of Israel as a nation-state, bringing together ministers, MKs, legal and political experts, as well as a former Supreme Court Justice and a former President of the Supreme Court. Despite the differences in opinion, all the participants agreed on one issue: the discussion is crucial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"\u05db\u05e0\u05e1 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05db\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05ea \u05d4\u05dc\u05d0\u05d5\u05dd \u05e9\u05dc \u05d4\u05e2\u05dd \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLl-XPH6c39l90FSsJnka5SFu55DdKPAIK\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reception<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-231 size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/en.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/\u05d4\u05ea\u05db\u05e0\u05e1\u05d5\u05ea-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\u05d4\u05ea\u05db\u05e0\u05e1\u05d5\u05ea\" class=\"wp-image-231\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">First session: (Left to right): Dr. Harel Arnon, Yisrael Harel, MK Yariv Levin, Dr. Amichai Magen, Dr. Assaf Malach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-232 size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/en.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/\u05ea\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4_\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1_\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d5\u05df-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\u05ea\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4_\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1_\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d5\u05df\" class=\"wp-image-232\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Second Session: Former minister Avi Dichter, Dr. aviad Bakshi, Dr. Ilan Saban, Prof. Abraham Diskin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-233 size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/en.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1_\u05e9\u05e0\u05d9-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1_\u05e9\u05e0\u05d9\" class=\"wp-image-233\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br>Session 3: Zvi Hauzer, Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni, Minister of Education Shay Piron, Minister of the Interior Gideon Sa&#8217;ar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-234 size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/en.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1_\u05e9\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1_\u05e9\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd\" class=\"wp-image-234\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Session 4: Former minister Michael Eitan, Former supreme court judge Eliahu Matza, Prof. Gideon Sapir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-235 size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/en.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1_\u05de\u05e6\u05d0_\u05e1\u05e4\u05d9\u05e8-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1_\u05de\u05e6\u05d0_\u05e1\u05e4\u05d9\u05e8\" class=\"wp-image-235\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Session 5: MK Ayelet Shaked, Prof. Moshe Koppel, Minister of Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver, Dr. Einat Wilf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/en.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1_\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d5\u05df-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1_\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d5\u05df\" class=\"wp-image-236\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4.687068965517241;width:94px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kohelet Policy Forum hosted a conference discussing the various aspects of Israel as a nation-state, bringing together ministers, MKs, legal and political experts, as well as a former Supreme Court Justice and a former President of the Supreme Court. 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