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Israel's Constitutional Crisis
Episode 1 of 7
70 years of constitutional crisis part I - 1949
June 13, 2019 · 42 min · Episode page →
If I asked you whether Israel has a constitution are you sure that you would know the answer? This episode is the first half of answering the question...
About this playlist
Why Israel never wrote a constitution, and what that has cost it: the decisions of 1949, the revolution of 1992, a broken electoral system, and the crisis of sovereignty.
Where this sits in the story
1949–2023 · 3 of 9 eras
The Second Temple600 BCE–70 CESages and Geonim70–1000Sefarad and Ashkenaz1000–1492After the Expulsion1492–1700Modernity Arrives1700–1880Return and Catastrophe1880–1948The Young State1948–1967After 19671967–1987Into the Present1987–2023
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