Living without a Constitution: Civil Rights in Israel: Civil Rights in Israel

by Sharfman,Daphna

• ISBN13: 9781563241451
• ISBN10: 1563241455
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-10-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Covering the history of Israel since its birth, this comprehensive discussion is the first to focus on the historical, ideological, and political determinants of the civil rights issue within Israel. Important topics covered include the historical and ideological roots of Israeli democracy; the problems of a collective society during the establishment of a democratic state; legal and political attitudes toward human rights in the Occupied Territories and the implications of these attitudes for the peace process; the dilemma of a democracy in a state of war; and problems of democracy versus national security. The author, Dr. Daphna Sharfman, teaches at Haifa University and is Chair of the Civil Rights Committee of the Israel Labor Party. Dr. Sharfman makes use of exclusive interviews with Israeli policy makers.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
The Collective Before the Individual: The Ideology of the Jewish Settlement in Palestine	p. 3
Conclusion	p. 32
Strengthening the Government at the Expense of Civil Rights: The First Years of Statehood	p. 38
Notes	p. 65
Religion, Politics, and Religious Coercion	p. 69
Introduction	p. 69
Notes	p. 91
The High Court of Justice: Defender of Civil Rights	p. 93
Notes	p. 110
Freedom of the Press	p. 113
Notes	p. 124
Freedom to Demonstrate	p. 127
Notes	p. 137
Freedom of Association	p. 138
Notes	p. 145
Security Laws: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back	p. 147
Notes	p. 157
Was the Failure to Enact a Basic Human Rights Law Inevitable?	p. 158
Notes	p. 172
Conclusions and Recommendations	p. 173
Conclusions	p. 173
Notes	p. 180
Index	p. 181
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