Kohelet Policy Forum:How a Far-Right, US-Funded Israeli ThinkTank Shapes Policy&Law in the US&Israel
As Israel’s far-right has gained political influence and momentum, including with respect to the current government’s “judicial reform” plans, the outsized impact of the Kohelet Policy Forum - a formerly low-profile, high-impact Israeli think-tank - has increasingly been making headlines. These include the New York Times (“Who’s Behind the Judicial Overhaul Now Dividing Israel? Two New Yorkers”), Haaretz (The Kohelet Tentacles: Inside the Web Surrounding the Right-wing Think Tank). Two key parts of this story -- insufficiently understood and examined by the media -- are the ties between…
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