For Israel to Grow Up, it Needs Political and Electoral Reform Now
As appeared in the Jerusalem Post and Times of Israel Blogs . Israel has grown into a world power in a comparably short period of time despite constantly fighting for its survival against much larger odds on the geo-political stage or in actual warfare. The “nation building” was important (and successful) but it was rushed with just enough for what was necessary. Most Western European and North American countries had either the luxury, time, money, peace, and/or focus, to build well thought out and scalable political infrastructures. Israel now needs to take that time and thoughtful approach. The Knesset must put forth changes to maintain a national coalition that can last an elected term, as well as deal with the national divisiveness over “judicial reform” that ended abruptly on 7 October 2023. Both issues are poised to return once a new election date is declared, or the coalition unity is threatened. Let’s simplify a complicated topic by focusing on two key a
