Israeli Democracy at the Crossroads Edited by Raphael Cohen-Almagor Israeli Institutions at the Crossroads is a comprehensive selection of writings on Israeli politics and schisms. It brings together some of the finest scholars to tackle subjects of paramount importance in Israel's current political climate, such as Israel's fight against terrorism, the status of women, the status of the Palestinian citizens in society, and the separation between state and religion. The result is an unrivalled and fascinating account of the major inherent tensions and problems in Israeli democracy. Discussions vary from scrutiny of state economy and critique of the excessive media ownership, to detailed analysis of the state human rights, health rights and women's rights in Israel, delineating the tension prevalent in the relationships between liberalism and socialism, secularism and Jewish law (Halakha), Jews and Palestinians inside and outside the Green Line, as well as between the Various immigrant groups. This volume was previously published as a special issue of the journal Israel Affairs Raphael Cohen-Almagor is the founder and director of the Center for Democratic Studies, University of Haifa. He is the author of The Boundaries of Liberty and Tolerance (1994), The Right to Die with Dignity (2001), Speech, Media and Ethics (2001, 2005), and Euthanasia in the Netherlands (2004). In 1999-2000 he was the Fulbright-Yitzhak Rabin Professor, UCLA Scholl of Law and Department of Communication, and in 2003-2004 he was Senior Fellow, Center for Policy Studies, and Visiting Professor at the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University.