Left and Right not mincing words

By: Eli Sulam, Director of the Movement for Quality Government in Israel The Left’s political rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday proved how low public discourse in Israel has sunk, and how the aggressive, crass discourse has trumped the important issues that should take center stage. The “talkback culture” is represented by two people in…

The price of divorce

By: Michael Partem, Vice Chairman of the Movement for Quality Government Government coalition agreements are somewhat akin to wedding contracts, in that they are a charter of rights and duties based on which the parties profess to enter into a long-term relationship. Unlike a Jewish marriage contract (ketuba), however, there is no fixed monetary price…

Is Israel’s government about to cancel our civil rights?

By: Josh Wine, Political Blogger “All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary” – Andrew Jackson, 1822 Frustrated by recent ‘left-wing’ Supreme Court rulings, Israel’s Cabinet will discuss next week a bill that would allow the Knesset…

About the Russian anti-corruption policy

By: Denis Primakov J.D., Chief Lawyer, Transparency International – R About Dennis Denis Primakov J.D., chief lawyer at Transparency International-Russia (TI-R), shares with us some thoughts about the uphill struggle to battle corruption in the Russian Federation. Transparency International-Russia (TI-R) is the national chapter of the global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption, and raises…