{"id":9352,"date":"2016-03-15T12:09:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T12:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohelet.org.il\/article\/governance-and-appointments-in-israel\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T08:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T08:23:07","slug":"governance-and-appointments-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/en\/article\/governance-and-appointments-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Kohelet Paper &#8211; Governance and Appointments in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authored by Yitzhak Klein and Avital Ben Shlomo, this paper addresses the issue of Israel&#8217;s deficiencies of governance, as manifested in Israeli ministers&#8217; inability to plan and implement the policies they were elected for, and outlines a comprehensive reform of the appointment process to the civil service as a solution. <br><br>It includes a comparative study showing the growth of political appointments (\u2018governance appointments\u201d in the paper\u2019s terminology) in leading democracies, including Britain, supposedly the home of an entirely neutral and professional civil service. <br><br>It concludes with detailed proposals, including a carefully crafted legislative proposal, to blend the ministerial power of appointment with professional, nonpartisan appointments in the senior ranks of the Israeli civil service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See the English summary\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Governance-and-Appointments-in-Israel.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Governance-and-Appointments-in-Israel.pdf\">here<\/a>.<br>For the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8-%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%94-%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%95%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99%D7%98%D7%9C-2.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8-%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%94-%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%95%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99%D7%98%D7%9C-2.pdf\">full Hebrew paper<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authored by Yitzhak Klein and Avital Ben Shlomo, this paper addresses the issue of Israel&#8217;s deficiencies of governance, as manifested in Israeli ministers&#8217; inability to plan and implement the policies they were elected for, and outlines a comprehensive reform of the appointment process to the civil service as a solution. 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