Naomi Chazan, at The Blogs

Naomi Chazan

Jul 4, 2018, 1:13 PM

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One Jewish people; two Jewish worlds

Israelis hold American and Israeli flags with the new US Embassy in the background in Jerusalem, May 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

It's not that Diaspora Jewry isn't Zionist, but that they would run the Jewish state in a very different way

Jun 18, 2018, 2:01 PM

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Khan al-Ahmar write large: Peace initiative and local realities

A boy walks through the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, near the Jerusalem-Dead Sea highway, on April 13, 2018. (Yaniv Nadav/ Flash90)

Israeli and Palestinian leaders should take note of the conflict in Khan al-Ahmar, and write its lessons large

Jun 4, 2018, 12:37 PM

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The Israeli government needs more Arab MKs

Balad party MKs Hanin Zoabi, right, and Jamal Zahalka, center, both of the Joint (Arab) List Faction, seen at the court hearing of fellow faction member MK Basel Ghattas at the Rehovot Magistrate's Court, January 5, 2017. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)

Excluding 20% of the population from the political equation severely handicaps Israel's prospects for political change

May 21, 2018, 12:36 PM

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In search of Israel’s opposition

Israeli Arabs and Palestinians demonstrate outside the new US embassy as the ceremony to inaugurate the United States' controversial embassy in Jerusalem began on May 14, 2018. (Ahmad GHARABLI/AFP)

An increasingly tight noose of conformity is threatening democracy in Israel

May 7, 2018, 2:16 PM

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Curtains for Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures to Iranian nuclear files obtained by Israel which he says proves Iran lied about its nuclear weapons program, April 30, 2018 (Prime Minister's Office)

Separation and secrecy -- between men and women, or in a museum -- signal erosion to transparency and equality

Apr 23, 2018, 12:00 PM

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To instill hope, Israel has to change

Illustrative: People watch fireworks during a show to mark Israel's 70th Independence Day in Tel Aviv on April 18, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

To claim that any and all criticism of the Israeli government is akin to betrayal is decidedly counterproductive

Apr 9, 2018, 3:10 PM

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Those traitorous human rights advocates

African asylum seekers and Israeli activists protest outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, against their deportation, on April 3, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

For the ultra-nationalists who hold the reins of government, a Jewish state is a state where Jews dominate

Mar 26, 2018, 1:28 PM

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Israel’s Passover responsibility

African asylum seekers and activists protest against plans to deport migrants at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on March 24, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Most Israelis are united in their desire to treat those who have nowhere to go with basic human decency

Mar 12, 2018, 12:38 PM

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Doing gender equality

Illustrative: 2,000 Israeli women sing Sia's 'Titanium' in honor of International Women's Day on March 8, 2018. (Screen capture/ Facebook)

If we want a just, decent society, we must close the gaps between men and women

Feb 28, 2018, 1:06 PM

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The price of keeping Netanyahu in office

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (c) meets with settler leaders in his office on February 25, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Each day this lame duck PM remains in office creates distortions that will prove very costly to undo

About Me

Professor Naomi Chazan, former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and professor (emerita) of political science at the Hebrew University, is co-director of WIPS, the Center for the Advancement of Women in the Public Sphere at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.