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The Newsletter of the Israel Policy Center
Volume III Issue 6.. .. 29 Elul 5768 / September 29, 2008
The Staff and Board of Directors of the Israel Policy Center wish our friends and supporters a happy, healthy and prosperous 5769. May it be a year in which Israeli society increases in social and national solidarity, respect for liberty and for democracy, for then it cannot fail to surmount all impending challenges, foreign and domestic.
 IPC Investigates Politically Motivated Police Violence
The Israel Policy Center has initiated a new human rights project, investigating cases in which unwarranted police violence is employed by the state for illegitimate political objectives. Cases selected for investigation must meet three criteria:
a) They involve the use of police power for illegitimate objects, i.e. to serve the convenience of those in authority rather than a legitimate public purpose;
b) They involve many victims rather than one or a few;
c) They involve the violation of a fundamental right.
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 Kadima Primaries Leave a Bad Taste in Everyone’s Mouth
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who is now working to reconstitute Ehud Olmert’s Parliamentary coalition and take his place as Prime Minister, won Kadima’s primaries by just 431 votes — 1.1% of the total. The loser, Shaul Mofaz, declined to challenge the results, but some of his supporters are doing so. They have launched an appeal in Kadima’s internal court, but this is merely a preliminary. If they lose there they will undoubtedly appeal to Tel Aviv District Court. If they win, Kadima will have to do its primaries over again. Even if the result is the same — Kadima voters are not likely to be grateful to Mofaz for shlepping them to the polls again — Israel’s political system will be thrust into turmoil. more...
 COMMENTARY: (Not) Working As Expected
By Yitzhak Klein
In last month’s issue we reported extensively on the new law governing the appointment of justices to Israel’s Supreme Court. Judges in Israel are appointed by a committee of nine, consisting of three Supreme Court justices, two members of the Governing Council of the Israel Bar Association, two cabinet ministers and two Knesset members, only one of whom is from the governing coalition. Since the bar members usually depend on the judges’ good opinion for their livelihood, they almost invariably vote with the judges. The judges have had the committee in their pocket for years. more...
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Supporters of Inclusive Conversion Policy Sweep Elections to Chief Rabbinate Council
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