%0 Report %D 2018 %T Creative Urban Squatting in Israel and its Shift towards Institutionalized Activity in Disused Spaces %A Abraham, Ruth %A Rosen, Gillad %G eng %0 Report %D 2018 %T Municipal-Private Partnerships in Israel Remunicipalization or Maturation %A Eran Razin %A Anna Hazan %A Osnat Elron %G eng %0 Journal Article %D 2018 %T The Tragedy of Residential Collectively Owned Open Spaces %A Shira Loboda Lichtenbaum %A Rosen, Gillad %G eng %0 Thesis %D 2018 %T Place Attachment In Diffrerent Neighborhoods In One City %A Efrat Shenhav %A Eran Razin %X Qualities of place attachment influence the lives of individuals, their neighborhoods and
cities. Our study examined place attachment at the neighborhood and city scales in Tel
AvivJaffa. It is based on 22 interviews in five neighborhoods with diverse social backgrounds
and an analysis of 4 Facebook neighborhood groups as a virtual space for expressions
of place attachment. The study shows that despite globalization, the neighborhood
and the city remain significant for people. Poorer neighborhoods are objects of emotional
attachment that form place identity, whereas affluent neighborhoods are objects of functional
attachment leading to place dependence (local trust). Unique local narratives can
create, however, place dependence in disadvantaged neighborhoods and place identity in
affluent ones. Concerns of exclusion and displacement can lead to a loss of local trust, not
necessarily because of in-migration of edge-groups, but because of the "threat of the rich"
that leads to an identity loss in both disadvantaged and affluent neighborhoods. At the city
scale, the unanimous responses in all neighborhoods reflected a high level of attachment,
linked to “the Tel Aviv ethos”. Conclusions of the Facebook analysis confirmed the findings
that emerged from the personal interviews. %G eng %0 Thesis %D 2016 %T Community Work in Urban Regeneration - A New Model for Promoting Urban Justice? %A Geva, Yinnon %A Rosen, Gillad %G eng %0 Book %D 2015 %T Local Democracy in Israel: Decentralization, Localism, Participation and Local Politics %E Itai Beeri %E Eran Razin %X

The democratic function of local authorities is often disregarded in the public discourse on local government and needed municipal reforms. This deficiency characterizes countries, including Israel, in which local government is not perceived as a cornerstone of national identity. Local democracy has three major functions: representation, consolidation of democratic values and pluralism. This book focuses on the democratic objective of local government in Israel. Its twenty-two chapters review key trends in local democracy and discuss its position in the public and political systems, in civil participation, management of civic life at the local level and local government elections. Four features of local democracy in Israel revealed in the chapters of the book are: distinction, centralization along with neglect, fragility and exploitation, and suspicion and protest. The challenges facing local democracy in Israel are manifested in several courses of action: from below – awakening of the local civil society; from within – adoption of new public management principles by elected politicians and bureaucrats in local government; from above – genuine decentralization of powers by the central state; and from outside – direct interaction with states and international movements, organizations and corporations.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2015 %T
Women legislative representation and municipal spending: Do women affect education and welfare spending?
%A Oded Steklov %A Yaniv Reingewertz %I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2014 %T A “Kosher” Degree: Academic Studies in the Haredi Sector %A Gilad Malach %I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2013 %T Cultivating a Green Culture: Environmental Campaigns in Israel
and their Spatial Impacts
%A Benny Furst %I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2013 %T
Law, Contracts, and Urban Planning: Legal Aspects of Development Agreements Between Local Authorities and Private Developers
%A Ronit Levine-Schnur %I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2013 %T
Civil Control with Regard to the Territorial Dimension of Security in Israel: A Critical Conceptual Framework in Practice
%A Amiram Oren %A Kobi Michael %I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2012 %T
High Spatial Resolution Night-Time Light Images for Demographic and Socioeconomic Studies
%A Noam Levin %A Yishai Duke %I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2012 %T
Municipal Arrangements: Directions for Reform in Local Government and Governance Frameworks in Israel
%A Eran Razin %A Anna Hazan %I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2012 %T
The Changing Nature of Spatial and Architectural Planning in the Kibbutz as a Reflection of its Social and Ideological Transformation
%A Tzeela Karniel %A Arza Churchman %I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2012 %T Reforming the Reform: Water and Sewage Corporations in Arab Local Authorities %A Rassem Khamaisi %I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2011 %T
Beer Sheva: Economic Development and Political Culture
%A Yitzhak Dahan %X

Over the last sixty years the government of Israel has earmarked many resources for what it defined as "developing the Negev", projected to reduce the disparities between the center of Israel and its periphery.  It appears that this goal was never achieved and disparities have widened rather than diminished. This failure requires a renewed examination of the rationale behind current policy plans.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2011 %T
Jerusalem as an Internal Migration Destination for Israeli-Palestinian Families
%A Asmahan Masry-Herzalla %A Eran Razin %A Maya Choshen %X

This study analyzes the migration of Israeli-Palestinians from the north of Israel and the Triangle to Jerusalem and highlights possible transformations in their internal migration patterns and their integration into Israeli economy and society.  Its main conjecture focuses on their status as a middle-man minority between Israeli private and public institutions and the East-Jerusalem population. This unique employment opportunity in the Jerusalem labor market is the city’s growing major attraction as a migration destination for the Israeli-Palestinian population.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2011 %T
Municipal Amalgamations and their Fiscal Impacts: Evidence from the 2003 Amalgamation Reform
%A Yaniv Reingewertz %I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2011 %T
The Arab Minority and Police Relations: Rising Arab Intra-communal and Criminal Violence and the Crisis of Citizenship
%A El-Taji Daghash, Maha %X

This study provides a qualitative analysis of the strained relationship between the police and the Arab community in Israel and an attempt to better understand the reasons for the lack of effective policing in the Arab community. The paper aims to  broaden the scope of analysis by removing the focus from the state as a unitary  causal factor and by viewing the relationship between the Israeli state and the Arab society as mutually transformative, reciprocal and interconnected.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2011 %T Spatial Allocation Policy of Medical Resources %A Chen Greenberg %X

The Ministry of Health in Israel, as the sole body responsible for the equitable and efficient distribution of health services, is also the sole regulator over the health systems and the allocation of funds to them. This study examines whether the aspiration for equitable health services does indeed materialize. Using spatial analytical tools a comparison was made between the distribution of mammography and tomography (CT) institutions in various scenarios and the current existing distribution.

Its findings indicate that there is a disparity between the health policy and regulations and the current situation. These findings reinforce the need for and significance of clarifying the policy, and strengthening the ties between the various operating systems.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2010 %T Barriers to Arab Participation in Planning Institutions and in shaping the Public Space %A Rassem Khamaisi %X

This study examines the under representation and exclusion of Arabs from planning and planning institutions in Israel. It reviews the internal and external barriers to the Arab population's involvement and to the Arab planners' degree of participation in planning processes. The study highlights the systematic institutional failure to fulfill its obligation to include a representation of Arabs in these institutions and its impact on the relationship between the state and the Arab public.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2010 %T National, District and Metropolitan Planning in Israel: a Collection in Memory of Pro. Arie Shachar
%E Eran Razin %X

This volume of papers addresses national, district and metropolitan planning perspectives. Among them are the new generation of national and district planning issues and a return to comprehensive national planning. Some focus on a vision for long-term planning, Tel Aviv's empowerment and internalizing concepts of sustainable development as well as on combining between institutionalized operations and public and academic discourse. Others address dilemmas of metropolitan regeneration, strategies to strengthen Jerusalem and the late Professor Arie Shachar's unique contribution to urban geography, planning and mapping.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2010 %T Planning and Politics in Jerusalem %A Gedalia Auerbach %A Ira Sharkansky %X

This publication focuses on the transformation in municipal planning arena in the last three decades, led by the growth in the number of players taking part in the process and the plethora of activities, interests and values. These changes, in a complex arena such as the city of Jerusalem, impact on the planning process and its output: the protraction of the process and an increasing disparity between planning and its implementation.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2010 %T
In Foreign Fields: Interaction Patterns between Israelis and Palestinians in Mixed Commercial Zones in Jerusalem
%A Marik Shtern %X

This research examines how and why both Israelis and Palestinians cross borders into alien territory, and the way in which each of the groups confronts the "invasion" of its rival into its home territory.

Its main findings show that the more mutually inclusive territorial identity a place has the more positive an interactional pattern will occur in it, and vise-versa.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2010 %T
Science, Policy and Uncertainty: The Role of Scientists in Shaping Environmental Policy in Israel
%A Tsafrir Gidron %A Itai Fischhendler %X

This study attempts to characterize the impact of scientists on shaping environmental policy in Israel and when, and in what way does the use of scientific rationale lead to maximizing the successful promotion of a desired policy? This is a particularly significant question in Israel, where the issue has not as yet gained wide public acknowledgement.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2010 %T
Urban Creativity: Effective Management and Democratic Openness
%A Perla Aizencang-Kane %X

Urban creativity is currently the focus of theoretical and practical research and can contribute to the understanding of local government modus operandi and in particular to its effective management. The study focuses on Shoham and Holon, both defined by the Ministry of the Interior as successful municipalities. It examines the creativity of the municipality distinguishing between effective management, which emphasizes internal processes within the municipality, and democratic openness, which emphasizes the interaction between the municipality and the environment as well as increasing local capital resources.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2009 %T Independence and Entrepreneurship Among Arab Muslim Rural and Bedouin Women in Israel %A Ruth Kark %A Emir Galilee %A Tamar Feuerstein %X

This study attempts to evaluate the degree of independence and entrepreneurship among a group of Arab Muslim women, rural and Bedouin, and their own viewpoints on issues relating to independence, entrepreneurship, economic involvement and their social and legal status against a background of a changing global economy.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2009 %T Israel's Corporatization of Water Supply and Sewerage Services: An Unresolved Reform %A Ben-Elia, Nahum %X

The municipal water system reform in Israel has long passed the point of no return, both from the perspective of the volume of population and its single-directional legal approach. However, this outcome hardly heralds the reform's conclusion. Completing the municipal corporatization is only one aspect of the reform and does not secure its success by standards of its own initial principles and goals. Analyzing the policy process of corporatization on a national level uncovers fundamental phenomena which may impede, without possibility of redress, the reform's stated goals, the public interest and the interests of consumers. In the face of this disturbing possibility this research attempts to reevaluate the corporatization reform and its possible impacts.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2009 %T Land Development Processes in Israel in the Privatization Era: Viewed Through the Lens of the Nissim Comission Deliberation %A Tommer Ash %X

This study examines the deliberations of the Nissim Commission as a window to understanding the trends and the development processes over a given period – 1995-2001. The study focuses on the development processes, their leading protagonists, the central motives guiding them and the development mechanism of agricultural land and open spaces in Israel. The analysis relates to the process itself and not to its outcome and proposes, among others, the prospects of forecasting the development process and expected trends.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2009 %T Legal Aspects of Structural Adjustments in Israel's Rural Local Government %A Sigal Rasis %A Levia Applebaum %X

This study examines the role of the judiciary in the process of change which has taken place during the last three decades in the legal foundation and function of rural local government in Israel.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2009 %T A Local Leader: A Mechanism of Change in the Periphery Yeruham: 1983-2006 %A Yitzhak Dahan %X

This study compares between two regional leaders of the peripheral town of Yeruham over three decades. Its findings show that leaders who operated under similar economic, geographical and cultural conditions, embodied very diverse types of leadership. The comparison manifested various perspectives and channels of influence: the community vision, the socio-political concept, funding strategies and most particularly the style and modus operandi with both the local population and the national concentrations of power. Factors associated with the character and image of the leader impacted directly on local development and on the quality of services as well as on shifts in the political culture of Yeruham's residents.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2009 %T Recovery of Poor Preforming Municipalities in Israel: A Comparative Perspective in Light of the British Experience %A Itai Beeri %X

This study examines the policy concept of addressing poor-performing municipalities in Israel as reflected by the new Municipalities Bill-2007, and compares legislation and experience in this field in other countries, most particularly in Britain. The central dilemma which the study addresses is the paucity of the Municipalities Bill and its questionable ability to accelerate recovery processes in local government under crisis. The Bill reflects the governing perception in the country on addressing poor-performing localities, which is rigid, limited and based on an economic paradigm. This, despite the experience of other western countries, which includes policy, legislation and wide accommodating measures to challenge the under-performance of public organizations.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2009 %T Towards Joint Management of City Centers: The Jerusalem City Center %A Aviel Yelinek %X

This study examines the attempt to create a joint management public-private body for the center of Jerusalem, against a background of an ambitious project to regenerate its old center. The study points to the difficulties entailed in the process at the outset, and proposes the means to resolve them based on worldwide experience and recommends an appropriate model for the center of  Jerusalem.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2008 %T
Jerusalem as an Internal Migration Destination for Palestinian-Israeli Single Women
%A Asmahan Masry-Herzalla %X

This study focuses on the migration to Jerusalem by young Palestinian-Israeli women from Arab localities in Israel and on their eventual choice to settle in the city rather than return to their native localities. The study examines the considerations that determine their initial decision to migrate to Jerusalem, usually for the purpose of studies or employment. The characteristics of these young women are examined, as are those unique characteristics of Jerusalem as a migration-absorbing city. Their choice to reside in neighborhoods within Jerusalem and shifts in their socio-economic status resulting from the move are also explored.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2008 %T
Linking Jerusalem to the Global Economy of Higher Education
%A Amiram Gonen %X

The idea to position Jerusalem as a center of educational services in the global economy is the main thrust of this policy paper. It is founded on the city’s own past achievement in higher education and on its future potential. Educational services around the world have increasingly become more “globalized” and students move across boundaries and often great distances in order to get the right kind of service in terms of quality and price.

With increased globalization the English language has assumed become the main language of instruction. Its predominant role in exporting educational services has spurred universities to offer teaching services in English to overseas students and thus avail them of this growing global market. In order to realize its potential for exporting higher educational services Jerusalem must do the same.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2008 %T
Personal Liability in Local Government in Israel: Unlawful Expenditures and Repay
%A Anna Hazan %A Eran Razin %A Eti Sarig %A Danny Bustin %X

In recent years personal liability in local government has become a major issue in central-local government relations as well as in the public discourse. Its main thrust is a focus on ingraining norms of good governance in the public sector in general and in local government in particular. This publication serves as a foundation for an academic discussion on the issue.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2008 %T Disparities in Local Property Tax trends and an International Perspective %A Ron Horn %X

This study examines the distribution of the local property tax (Arnona) burden in Israel by analyzing the household expenditure surveys for the years 1997-2005. A new analytical approach reveals the advantages and flaws of the current taxation system in order to propose improving measures of the existing mechanism.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2008 %T Public Participation in Cultural Issues: The Perspective of Decision-Makers - The Case of Ashdod %A Moshe Dror %X

This study examines the perspectives of decision-makers in the city of Ashdod concerning public participation in cultural issues, against the background of various active models of participatory democracy in Israel and overseas. Activating a model of participatory democracy significantly enhances the involvement of citizens in the democratic process, to their own advantage. It is important to create a mechanism that will enable citizens to realize their needs and desires by applying their capacity to influence or take part in decision-making processes.

The choice of Ashdod, the fifth largest city in Israel, is not arbitrary in light of the numerous waves of migration which form its residential fabric and generate contrasting cultural needs.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2007 %T Connected and Strengthened Jerusalem %A Amiram Gonen %X

This essay presents a vision of a strengthened Jerusalem that can hopefully endure any geopolitical scenario.  In order to achieve this goal several strategic steps are essential, all  to be accompanied by a growing involvement of the central government of Israel in the affairs of the city and its surrounding region, so as to not only allocate generously resources to support housing, employment and infrastructure but also generate planning tools that enable urban development. All the strategies suggested in this essay share the notion of connectedness.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2007 %T
Between Customs and Laws: Planning and Management of Land in Arab Localities in Israel
%A Rassem Khamaisi %X

This study examines the customs and social accommodations governing Arab society on issues of land management, among them: identifying boundaries, parceling land, land uses and land holding. All these developed in a rural society in which land passed on from one generation to the next. The development of land legislation in Israel and its impacts on land management under conditions of urbanization are also examined. The differences between the two systems (customs versus regulations) from social, economic, cultural and political aspects and considers their planning implications on land uses and spatial development.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2007 %T
Between Nationalism and Democracy: Scenarios on Majority and Minority Relations in Israel
%A Shlomo Hasson %X

This study examines the relationship between nationalism and democracy in Israel and offers several scenarios on the issue of future relations between the Jewish majority and the Arab minority in Israel. The study focuses on the following cardinal questions:

* What is the ratio between nationalism and democracy in Israel?
* What are the factors shaping this ratio in Israel?
* What are the possible scenarios on the issues of nationalism and democracy and minority-majority relations in Israel?
* What can be done in light of the future possibilities described in the scenarios?

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2007 %T
Is A Viable Democratic Palestine Possible? Future Scenarios for Palestine
%A Rami Nasrallah %X

In this publication Nasrallah sets out to explore whether or not a democratic Palestinian State is possible. To answer the question he analyses the events and processes within the PA since Arafat's death, and pays special attention to the rise to power of Hamas and its impact on the political and social system. Following this analysis he presents three scenarios: Total Collapse, National Consensus and Building a Viable State, and The Impasse. Relying on the three scenarios, Rami Nasrallah explores the barriers and opportunities strewn along the way to a viable Palestinian State.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2007 %T
Jerusalem in the Future: The Challenge of Transition
%E Shlomo Hasson %X

This publication presents the complex reality of Jerusalem as a divided city analyzed by six contributors. Shlomo Hasson examines the territorial, social, economic, and political developments in Jerusalem and explores how they may affect possible solutions to the problem of Jerusalem. Shlomo Hasson and Rami Nasrallah explore the different possible futures that may be played out in the city due to the impact of local, national, and international developments. Rassem Khamaisi proposes the alleviation of the Palestinian plight through the realization of the right to the city. Amiram Gonen explores new ways of strengthening Jerusalem by creating new contacts between Israelis and Palestinians. Noam Shoval examines the morphology of the city and the impact of the security barrier on everyday life. Ifat Maoz presents survey data on public opinion regarding different solutions to the problem of Jerusalem.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2007 %T
Land and Planning Majority-Minority Narratives in Israel: The Misgav-Sakhnin Conflict as Parable
%A Nimrod Luz %X

This publication examines the Sakhnin-Misgav land dispute in the Galilee as a test case for one of the main issues of majority-minority relations in Israel. The study outlines the various forces involved, directly or indirectly, in the protracted debates held by a special committee nominated by the Minister of the Interior on requests by the Sakhnin municipality to extend its municipal boundaries. The study mainly focuses on analyzing the characteristics of the discourse among the various factors involved in planning and lands uses, both in this particular case and on an overall national level. The analysis highlights the rise of new powers in the planning arena and the ongoing land discourse, and most particularly the appearance of civil groups and organizations.  Concurrently, central government does not relinquish its hold or influence on these issues, at times applying covert practices which endorse the inequitable spatial division.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2007 %T
The Arab Education in Israel: Dilemmas of a National Minority
%A Khaled Abu-Asbah %X

This study examines collective educational rights within the framework of an in-depth review of the relations between the Jewish majority and the Arab-Palestinian minority in Israel. The study offers examples of minority educational systems elsewhere, highlighting similarities and differences between them and the Arab-Palestinian minority. The study also touches upon the investment in resources and the commensurate achievements as well as on the organizational framework of the Arab educational system in Israel.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2007 %T
The Missing Link: Regional Government in Israel
%A Ben-Elia, Nahum %X

This study examines the issue of regional government as an efficient means for governing sub-national regions in Israel, particularly peripheral regions. Against a background of territorial disparities and a malfunctioning regional governance, a new tier of governance is required, one which relies on political empowerment and a prudent devolution of authority.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2007 %T
The Origins and Future Course of the National-Haredi Public
%A Anshel Pfefer %X

In the last two decades the National-Haredi (ultra-orthodox) community has become a central part of the religious public in Israel. This research shows how the national-haredi community recently identifies with extreme right wing political trends and is often reviewed in the general media. Despite that, it has neither been clearly defined nor has it justified an in-depth examination of its cultural, social and spiritual characteristics.

This research is a first attempt of its kind to define the characteristics of this group, highlight significant milestones in its development and the way in which it influenced the religious public and its relationship with the Israeli public at large. It analyzes the transformations witnessed by the religious public which gave rise to this phenomenon, as well as endeavors to predict its future course.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2007 %T
Views and Perceptions of the Separation Fence in Jewish and Arab Localities
%A Nurit Kliot %A Rassem Khamaisi %A Deborah Shmueli %X

This study presents the views and perceptions of Arab and Jewish residents on the separation fence built in proximity to or actually on the "Green Line," as a result of the brutal terrorist attacks conducted by Palestinian organizations against Jewish localities. The study is based on interviews with residents of Arab and Jewish localities near and west of the "Green Line". In these interviews the researchers sought the plethora of views, conceptions, feelings, experiences and their analysis as to the impact of the separation fence on residents.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2007 %T Haredi Opposition to Haredi High-School Yeshivas %A Yaacov Lupu %X

This study pursues the roots of conflict in Haredi society against instituting general studies in Haredi High School Yeshivas. Whereas a silent consent exists for colleges and vocational frameworks which provide such education, the few Yeshivas promoting them are faced with an all-out war. These Yeshivas were established in recent decades to address the growing demand for training ultra-orthodox married men to earn a living, by integrating general education in their religious curriculum. The conflict is associated with ideological justifications, which present the introduction of such studies at this stage in life as prohibited from the very outset. Haredi leadership prefers to present this breach as a new phenomenon, born in Israel, and condemned. Dr. Lupu's study adds historic perspective to the conflict showing that it has plagued Haredi society since its "golden era" of Eastern European Yeshivas even prior to the inception of the State of Israel, and that integrating general studies in the religious curriculum was endorsed by some of the Torah sages in Haredi society.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2006 %T
Redistributing Municipal Revenues: Financial Measures and Territorial Modifications
%E Eran Razin %I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2006 %T The Local Democratic Deficit: A Seeming Democracy ? %E Shlomo Hasson %X

Summarizing the Second Annual Local Government of The Harold Hartog School of Governance and Policy, this publication consists of three parts: The first unfolds the concept of Democratic Deficit and explains how it is formed, the dangers embodied in it  and how we may overcome i and establish the democracy correctly. The second part presents the discussion among the panel members and the third part contains the questions asked by the audience and the answers given by the speakers.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2006 %T The Impact of the Separation fence on the Arab Population in Israel: Initial Observations %A Rassem Khamaisi %X

This study attempts to assess the various impacts of the separation barrier on the sense of affiliation and identity, the economy and the spatial organization of the Arab population in Israel. The study points to the unequivocal message to the Arabs in Israel, that they will continue to be citizens of the state in any future agreement with the Palestinians.The fence however, creates a barrier between them and their brethren, their families and cultural affiliations across the other side. The fence makes economic ties with Palestinian urban centers more difficult, but on the other hand it accelerates local demand in Arab localities on the west side, thus contributing to a certain rate of growth in business and services which hitherto suffered a slump. Concurrently, localities in close proximity to the fence return to their pre 1967 peripheral status which stunts their development potential.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2006 %T
The Palestinians in Gaza: Reflections on the Post-Arafat Era and the Disengagement
%A Yohanan Tzoreff %X

This study examines the impact of two concurrent processes on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the changing leadership and governmental reshuffle on the one hand and the Israeli disengagement on the other hand. The relationship between the Palestinian Authority and its residents are also examined as are the means used to present the Oslo Accords to them, and other functioning characteristics underlying the political stalemate. The Palestinian reactions to disengagement are considered, the power struggle developing among the various foci of power and the impacts on the inter-organizational relationship. The researcher attempts to point out possible directions of development in the Israeli-Palestinian relationship after the stabilization of the Palestinian government and the implementation of the disengagement program.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2006 %T Jerusalem in the Future: Scenarios and Shared Visions %E Shlomo Hasson %E Rami Nasrallah %X

This publication is a product of a two-year cooperation effort between the International Peace and Cooperation Center and the Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies carried out with the support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. The two teams worked on a series of scenarios regarding possible futures for Jerusalem, a vision of a desired future and a preliminary strategic framework towards its realization.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2006 %T Redistributing Municipal Wealth in Israel: Reducing Inequalities in the Revenues of Local Authorities %A Eran Razin %A Anna Hazan %X

This study analyzes options for redistributing revenues from local taxes and levies on non-residential real estate among local authorities, with the aim of reducing fiscal disparities among local authorities.

The study recommends considering the implementation of alternatives at the local and regional levels, with clearly defined limits on conditions that permit revenue redistribution without the consent of involved parties. Implications in the direction of strengthening local government or concentration of power in the hands of government ministries depends on the manner of implementation: imposition subject to restraint and clear constraints, in which the central state is considered to be a fair broker, or an arena for bitter conflicts and for controversial decisions that are largely motivated by the need to alleviate short-term fiscal problems of the central state.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2006 %T Arabs in Israel: Barriers to Equality %E Shlomo Hasson %E Michael Karayanni %X

This book deals with two main questions: what are the barriers to the equality and the development of the Arabs in Israel? and how can the effect of these barriers be reduced?

The picture presented by the book is that despite certain improvements in the social area, especially in the area of education, the inequality between Jews and Arabs remains as it was.  The book offers a preliminary background for the analysis of the fundamental barriers preventing equality between Arabs and Jews in Israel.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2006 %T Core Local Services: Expanding the Public Responsibility of the Ministry of Interior %A Ben-Elia, Nahum %X

This publication examines those issues which should be included in the Ministry of Interior's agenda along two axes: the right of citizens to decent local services and the obligation of the ministry to provide them.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2006 %T The Fourth Generation: A New Local Government for Israel %A Ben-Elia, Nahum %X

This book attempts to develop a new conceptual view of local government in Israel and possible paths of institutional development towards the next decade. The urgency of such a task is based on two key assumptions. First, and mostly, the emergence of a new public agenda that shifts the traditional dominance in Israel of security related issues towards social and civic concerns. Second, the exhaustion of present patterns of governing and public governance and the consequent need for institutional change.

The book describes the key features of a new type of local government in Israel  (the ‘4th generation’) and explores three different scenarios for its actual emergence.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2006 %T From Municipal to Supra-Municipal Modes of Service Delivery in Israel %A Ben-Elia, Nahum %X

An alternative solution to the local government crisis with respect to the declining capacity of many municipalities to secure services for their residents. The proposal shifts away from the horizontal perspective, which identifies the change in local government with the changing municipal map, to a vertical perspective, which emphasizes the structural change in local government. Supra-municipal options for service provision are examined on the basis of a 'bottom-up' delegation of authority and regulating services.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2006 %T Political Cultures in Development Towns %A ItzhaDahan %X

This study examines the world views, ideologies, traditions, norms and social and cultural networks prevalent in development towns among various protagonists and groups – governmental and civic. The study highlights the crossroads, conflict and junctures which develop in a tenuous social field, and offers decision-makers an alternative strategy in light of this cultural and political labyrinth.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2006 %T Social Capital and its Value in Coping with Crisis Situations %A Miriam Billig %X

This study examines the value of social capital in crisis management under the circumstances confronting the settlers of the Gaza strip in recent years. Its findings show that the security risks and the threat of disengagement contributed to strengthening social capital in all settlements, and that social capital greatly contributed to the resilience of settlers in their confrontations. However, challenges are influenced by the cultural affiliations of each group, and it is this environment which ultimately determined the quality and long term influence of social capital. The study clearly concludes that wherever communities stuck together even after disengagement, their ability to face the crisis of evacuation improved.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2006 %T
Injustice and Folly: On the Proposals to Cede Arab Localities from Israel to Palestine
%A Shaul Arieli %A Doubi Schwartz %X

Proposals to cede Arab localities from Israeli to Palestinian sovereignty, presented as "populated land exchanges", involve forcibly revoking the citizenship of tens of thousands of Arabs. Since the October 2000 events these proposals penetrated the heart of public discourse. The Arab leadership and public vehemently oppose these proposals. This study examines the Jewish discourse supporting the idea alongside Arab opposition to it in Israel and the territories as well as its implications on the character of the State of Israel. It examines Israeli and international legal perspectives and demographic and territorial implications. The study emphasizes the danger and folly of this idea and recommends discussing the idea as part of the Arab-Jewish discourse and as part of the status of the Arab minority in a democratic Jewish state.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2005 %T Coordinated Disengagement: Opportunities and Barriers %A Yohanan Tzoreff %X

The research addresses the shifts in the post Arafat era and examines their impacts on the disengagement plan. The main focus of the research is to examine the viability of the plan as originally intended by prime minister Sharon, as a divorce arrangement, or whether it can be used to lay the foundations for long range political agreements or even a final status solution,which recognizes the limitations of both sides.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2005 %T Refracted Vision: An Analysis of Religious-Secular Tension in Israel %A Ahava-Laura Zarembski %X

As a sequel to The religious-Secular Divide in the Eyes of Israel's Leaders and Opinion Makers, Refracted Vision discusses the causes and impact of fear; increased segregation; increased insecurity over identity, and decreased commonality on religious-secular relations through a historical analysis. It examines how variables, often blamed for tensions, both impact on and are manifestations of deeper issues. Policy recommnedations offer new ways of strengthening relations, which may alter Israel's current reality and provide for an environment of greater understanding, opportunity and cohesiveness.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2005 %T The Arab Community of Jaffa and Hassan Bey Mosque: Collective Identity and Empowerment of the Arabs in Israel %A Nimrod Luz %X

This study focuses on the attitude of the Arab community of Jaffa to the Hassan Bey Mosque in Tel Aviv-Jaffo. The Hassan Bey Mosque serves as a point of reference for discussion on the means employed by the Arab-Palestinian minority in Israel to preserve historical, religious and cultural assets, substantiate its civic status and enhance its inner cohesiveness by creating a stronger, more comprehensive collective identity. The mosque became a symbol and bastion of the Jaffa community’s struggle for possession over its historical assets, its desire for spatial expression and for the fundamental need of individuals and groups alike to enhance their proximity and affiliation to the landscape which they occupy.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2005 %T Between Faith and Military Service: the Haredi Nahal Battalion %A Ze’ev Drori %X

The Haredi Nahal battalion has been operating within the IDF since 1999. It originally intended to admit recruits from the Haredi population, but over the years its lines opened to Yeshivot students, both National-Haredi and Hesder yeshivot alike. The author examines the relationships which developed both within the battalion itself and between the military and the Haredi institutions. Alongside an attempt to evaluate any opportunities rooted in bringing closer a religious population to the IDF, the author examines the risk involved in founding an independent, sectoral unit in the army - a notion quite contrary to the fundamental IDF concept.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2005 %T Between Torah Learning and Earning: A Society of Learners and Providers in London %A Amiram Gonen %X

This study focuses on the correlation between Torah studies and employment in the ultra-orthodox community in London. The findings show that around two thirds of Haredi men work, usually in real estate, commerce or teaching, by contrast to the situation in Israel where the rate is around a third. It appears that London’s ultra-orthodox men seek balances between Torah studies and employment, which manifest themselves in the following categories: A full-time scholar who devotes his entire time to study; a part time scholar engaged in random employment during vacations; a part-time scholar who divides his time equally between study and employment; a breadwinning scholar who works and determines his own study schedule. But for all, the commitment to study remains an integral part of Haredi life.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2005 %T Compromise With the Palestinians: The Impact of Psychological Factors %A Ifat Maoz %X

This research is based on a model which aims to identify and map the psychological variants affecting, alongside demographic and other variants, political and strategic decisions in conflicts.

It identifies the factors underlying the support for specific compromise resolutions in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, thus complementing other studies which identify psychological, demographic and other factors underlying the militant policy in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Arab-Jewish willingness to engage.  Identifying public preferences is likely to improve planning and intervention that will address, emotional and perception barriers to political processes (such as disengagement) in the conflict.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2005 %T Cooperation Between Small Municipalities: Lessons for Israel %A Levia Applebaum %A Anna Hazan %X

This study examines patterns of cooperation between small municipalities both in israel and abroad. Cooperation frameworks aim to achieve efficacy and reduce expenditure as well as to improve the quality of services to citizens, reduce risks, solve mutual problems, develop municipal and economic projects and to forge nucli of power to confront central government.Undoubtedly, mutual trust is a fundamental factor in any arrangement as is a good working relationship between employees in positions of power, whether elected or professional.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2005 %T Decision-Making on Settlement Evacuation in Israel, Compensation and Resettlement: Sinai 1982; Gaza Region and North Samaria 2005 %A Nurit Kliot %X

This study highlights the characteristics of decision-making in the disengagement process on issues concerning the evacuation of settlements, uprooting settlers and its outcome, recompensing evacuees and resettling them. In order to examine the decision-making process more comprehensively, the author compares between the process of evacuating the Sinai settlers in 1982 with those of Gaza in 2005. The study analyses similarities and differences between these two processes and highlights lessons that were drawn as well as those that were overlooked. 

The study was written until July 2005 and its contribution is mainly in drawing conclusions that are likely to guide decision-makers in Israel in any future evacuation of settlements in Judea and Samaria.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2005 %T Disengagement - And What After? %A Shlomo Hasson %X

What will happen the day after disengagement? Will disengagement bring peace and stability to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and promote negotiations towards a permanent status solution, or will the opposite occur reinforcing the radical Islamist factions who maintain that force alone will convince Israel?

This essay examines these questions from the viewpoint of four central and widely held geopolitical approaches in Israel: The Necessity of Separation; Two State Solution (“Two States for Two Peoples”); The Greater Land of Israel and a Bi-National State. It presents the different approaches, details the scenarios relevant to them, and analyzes the political options common to them and offers several recommendations.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2005 %T Economic Hardship and Gainful Employment in Haredi Society in Israel: an Insider's Perspective %A Bezalel Cohen %X

The author of this study, Rabbi Bezalel Cohen is a graduate of the Lithuanian yeshiva world. From an insider’s perspective and through his involvement in advancing employment in ultra-orthodox society, he offers an analysis of the inherent economic deficiency and its root causes, chief among which is the issue of employment. The analysis raises a series of conceptual and inherent barriers in ultra-orthodox society, which  impede the transition of Haredi men, hitherto engaged in Torah study, into the labor market.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2005 %T New Directions in Haredi Society: Vocational Training and Academic Studies %A Jacob Lupu %X

The year 1996 marked a shift in the attitude of ultra-orthodox society to vocational and academic training for men. Also noted were changes in and expansion of vocational and academic training for women. Across Israel institutions of higher learning for Haredi men and women sprang, adapted to the special heterogeneous needs of this population. Thousands of men and women study in them and prepare themselves for a life of earning and integration into the labor market. This study reviews the shift from ideological, historical and socio-political perspectives and proposes recommendations to substantiate and expand this phenomenon.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2005 %T Non-State Peace Spoilers and the Middle East Peace Effort %A Avraham Sela %X

This paper examines the possible impact of local and regional Islamic movements, committed to prevent or spoil by terror any settlement between Israel and the PLO, on the intended Israeli disengagement from Gaza Strip in 2005 and, following the death of Arafat, on possible renewal of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations along the Road Map.

The movements included in this paper are primarily the Palestinian Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and local Fatah-based militia groups that emerged after October 2000 and adopted similar tactics of terrorist attacks against Israel. Hamas and the Islamic Jihad maintain direct political and military links with Syria and Iran and, more closely, with the Shi'i Lebanese Hizballah movement, which operates both as an independent Lebanese actor and as a conduit for Iranian and Syrian influence in Palestinian affairs.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2005 %T Settlers' Perspectives on the Disengagement from Gaza %A Miriam Billig %X

This study describes the difficulties confronting the settlers of  the Gaza strip in light of the current disengagement. It highlights both their distinguishing and similar characteristics and the impacts of their various attitudes on key issues: a religious world-view, an ideology of holding the land, economic concerns, socio-communal ties and individual psychological angst.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2005 %T Spirituality and Worldliness in Lithuanian Yeshivas %A Yohai Hakak %X

This research examines the attempt to establish the role of Lithuanian Yeshivas as a spiritual alternative to western culture, such that will facilitate the real vocation of every young Haredi man - to come closer to God. The Haredi concept of western culture is one that focuses on "body building" and material possessions and is therefore limited. By contrast Haredi society and the Torah world in particular are viewed as focusing on the spiritual, reaching for a closeness to God and aspiring to sanctity, and hence unlimited. The research examines the difficulties in realizing this utopian vision, so central to understanding the Haredi society of scholars, and these are described against a background of crises in the yeshiva world in recent years and a significant drop from Haredi learning establishments.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2005 %T Uprooting and Settlers' Discourse: The Case of Gush Katif %A Itzhak Schnell %A Shaul Mishal %X

This research focuses on the internal discourse of the Gush Katif settlers, exposes their socio-political perceptions, and attempts to understand the motives and the socio-psychological reasoning determining the settlers’ conduct. An understanding of the settlers’ discourse entails understanding their perception of “a home” -  a geographic location strongly tied with their individual and community identity.  The research highlights the frequent tension between the humane, individual and communal discourse and the national-religious discourse.

%I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Book %D 2005 %T Urban Trauma in Jerusalem: Impacts and Possibilities of Recovery %A Yaakov Garb %A Hank Savitch %X %I Floersheimer Studies %C Jerusalem %G eng %0 Journal Article %D 2001 %T Between Three Branches of Government: The Balance of Rights in Matters of Religion in Israel %A Shimon Shetreet %G eng %0 Journal Article %D 2001 %T From Yeshiva to Work: The American Experience and Lessons for Israel %A Amiram Gonen %G eng %0 Book %D 2000 %T Municipal Boundary Change Procedures: Local Democracy versus Central Control %A Anna Hazan %A Eran Razin %G eng %0 Journal Article %D 1999 %T Draft Deferment for Yeshiva Students: A Policy Proposal %A Ilan Shachar %G eng %0 Journal Article %D 1998 %T The Haredi Educational in Israel:Allocation, Regulation, and Control %A Varda Schiffer %G eng %0 Report %D 1998 %T Municipal Bond Financing: Lessons For Israel %A Nahum Biger %A Steven Plaut %G eng %0 Journal Article %D 1997 %T Metrpolitan Governance: Its Contemporary Transformation %A Derek Diamond %G eng %0 Report %D 1997 %T The Cultural Tension Within Jerusalem's Jewish Population %A Amiram Gonen %A Shlomo Hasson %G eng %0 Report %D 1997 %T Religion and Democracy in Israel %A Benyamin Neuberger %G eng %0 Journal Article %D 1997 %T Financial Services in Tel Aviv-Yafo: Spatial Patterns and Processes %A Igal Charney %G eng %0 Report %D 1997 %T Rural Trends in Israel and Their Implications on Local Government %A Levia Applebaum %A David Newman %G eng %0 Journal Article %D 1994 %T Planning and Development of Localities in the Emerging Palestinian Entity %A Rassem Khamaisi %G eng %0 Report %D 1994 %T Municipal Reform In the Tel Aviv Metropolis: Metropolitan Governance or Metropolitan Cooperation %A Eran Razin %G eng %0 Report %D 1993 %T Joint Arab and Jewish Regional Development Centers in Israel %A Rassem Khamaisi %A Amiram Gonen %G eng %0 Report %D 1993 %T The Arabs in Israel in the Wake of Peace %A Amiram Gonen %A Rassem Khamaisi %G eng