Jewish People Policy Institute - Revision history

David at 16:46, 23 April 2014

2014-04-23T16:46:59Z

Jamie Stern-Weiner at 18:44, 27 October 2013

2013-10-27T18:44:13Z

Hilary Aked: /* Stephen Hawking boycotts conference */

2013-05-09T16:58:54Z

Stephen Hawking boycotts conference

Hilary Aked: /* Israeli Presidential Conference: 'Facing Tomorrow' */

2013-05-09T16:58:28Z

Israeli Presidential Conference: 'Facing Tomorrow'

Matthew Pringle: think tanks category added

2012-11-14T14:48:33Z

think tanks category added

Hilary Aked: /* On demographics */

2012-09-18T22:00:27Z

On demographics

Hilary Aked: /* Criticism */

2012-09-08T14:25:07Z

Criticism

Hilary Aked: /* Israeli Presidential Conference: 'Facing Tomorrow' */

2012-09-08T14:09:59Z

Israeli Presidential Conference: 'Facing Tomorrow'

Hilary Aked: /* Funding */

2012-09-08T14:04:03Z

Funding

Hilary Aked: /* On demographics */

2012-09-05T08:35:23Z

On demographics

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	The '''Jewish People Policy Institute''' (JPPI) is a think tank established by the [[Jewish Agency]] in 2002.		The '''Jewish People Policy Institute''' (JPPI) is a think tank established by the [[Jewish Agency]] in 2002.

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 ====Former Fellows====
-*[[Einat Wilf]], former senior fellow, left in 2009 on her election to the Knesset as an MK for the Israeli Labor Party. However, when in February 2010 he wrote an opinion piece for the Jerusalem Post, she was described as 'a Labor MK, a fellow with the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute and a member of the President’s Conference Steering Committee'. In the article she described Palestinians as 'eternal teenagers' and  wrote: 'The Palestinian national movement has been characterized from its early days by a maddening culture of irresponsibility. As far as they were concerned, their circumstances were never the outcome of their decisions, actions or conduct. It was always someone else’s fault – the UK, the United Nations, the Arab countries, and of course above all, the Zionists and their occupation.' She also suggested that 'Israel might have well assumed that the Palestinians were culturally incapable of breaking free of the crutches of blaming others to sustain a building process'- but praised Salam Fayyad .<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=167599 Finally, some Palestinian responsibility], Jerusalem Post, accessed 3 September 2012</ref>
+*[[Einat Wilf]], former senior fellow, left in 2009 on her election to the Knesset as an MK for the Israeli Labor Party. However, when in February 2010 she wrote an opinion piece for the ''Jerusalem Post'', she was described as 'a Labor MK, a fellow with the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute and a member of the President’s Conference Steering Committee'. In the article she described Palestinians as 'eternal teenagers' and  wrote: 'The Palestinian national movement has been characterized from its early days by a maddening culture of irresponsibility. As far as they were concerned, their circumstances were never the outcome of their decisions, actions or conduct. It was always someone else’s fault – the UK, the United Nations, the Arab countries, and of course above all, the Zionists and their occupation.' She also suggested that 'Israel might have well assumed that the Palestinians were culturally incapable of breaking free of the crutches of blaming others to sustain a building process'- but praised Salam Fayyad .<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=167599 Finally, some Palestinian responsibility], ''Jerusalem Post'', accessed 3 September 2012</ref>
 ==Funding==
-According to an article in Foreign Policy In Focus (a project of left wing American think tank the Institute for Policy Studies), JPPI receives funding from the Israeli government.<ref>[http://www.fpif.org/articles/neocons_1_obama_0 Neocons 1, Obama 0], Foreign Policy In Focus, accessed 4 September 2012</ref> In a 2006 interview, JPPI's [[Sergio Della Pergola]] claimed that the institute was 'financed by both private and public funds 'yet 'completely autonomous'.<ref>Sandro Magister, [http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/44271?eng=y “Land for Land”: Sharon’s Expert Reveals His Plan for Peace], Chiesa Espresso,accessed 8 Sept 2012</ref>
+According to an article in [[Foreign Policy In Focus]] (a project of left wing American think tank the [[Institute for Policy Studies]]), JPPI receives funding from the Israeli government.<ref>[http://www.fpif.org/articles/neocons_1_obama_0 Neocons 1, Obama 0], Foreign Policy In Focus, accessed 4 September 2012</ref> In a 2006 interview, JPPI's [[Sergio Della Pergola]] claimed that the institute was 'financed by both private and public funds 'yet 'completely autonomous'.<ref>Sandro Magister, [http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/44271?eng=y “Land for Land”: Sharon’s Expert Reveals His Plan for Peace], Chiesa Espresso,accessed 8 Sept 2012</ref>
 ==Clients==

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 ====Stephen Hawking boycotts conference====
-In May 2013 renowned physicist Stephen Hawking cancelled his scheduled appearance at the [[Israeli Presidential Conference]] stating explicitly that he had withdrawn in order to support the Palestinian academic boycott campaign.>ref>Yarden Skop, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/stephen-hawking-confirms-he-is-boycotting-israeli-conference-1.519951 Stephen Hawking confirms he is boycotting Israeli conference], Haretz, 8 May 2013</ref>
+In May 2013 renowned physicist Stephen Hawking cancelled his scheduled appearance at the [[Israeli Presidential Conference]] stating explicitly that he had withdrawn in order to support the Palestinian academic boycott campaign.<ref>Yarden Skop, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/stephen-hawking-confirms-he-is-boycotting-israeli-conference-1.519951 Stephen Hawking confirms he is boycotting Israeli conference], Haretz, 8 May 2013</ref>
 ===The triangular relationship: Jerusalem, Washington, North American Jewry===

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	Since the [http://presidentconf.haaretz.com/2008/ 2008 conference] the event - reportedly dubbed a 'Jewish Davos'<ref>Nathan Guttman, [http://forward.com/articles/13105/peres-to-convene-confab-on-israeli-and-jewish-futu-/ Peres To Convene Confab on Israeli and Jewish Future], Jewish Daily Forward, accessed 8 Sept 2012</ref>- has been held [http://www.presidentconf.org.il/2009/en/benefactors.asp in 2009], [http://www.presidentconf.org.il/2011/en/Benefactors.asp in 2011] and [http://presidentconf.org.il/2012/en/Benefactors.asp in 2012].		Since the [http://presidentconf.haaretz.com/2008/ 2008 conference] the event - reportedly dubbed a 'Jewish Davos'<ref>Nathan Guttman, [http://forward.com/articles/13105/peres-to-convene-confab-on-israeli-and-jewish-futu-/ Peres To Convene Confab on Israeli and Jewish Future], Jewish Daily Forward, accessed 8 Sept 2012</ref>- has been held [http://www.presidentconf.org.il/2009/en/benefactors.asp in 2009], [http://www.presidentconf.org.il/2011/en/Benefactors.asp in 2011] and [http://presidentconf.org.il/2012/en/Benefactors.asp in 2012].
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		+	====Stephen Hawking boycotts conference====
		+	In May 2013 renowned physicist Stephen Hawking cancelled his scheduled appearance at the [[Israeli Presidential Conference]] stating explicitly that he had withdrawn in order to support the Palestinian academic boycott campaign.>ref>Yarden Skop, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/stephen-hawking-confirms-he-is-boycotting-israeli-conference-1.519951 Stephen Hawking confirms he is boycotting Israeli conference], Haretz, 8 May 2013</ref>

	===The triangular relationship: Jerusalem, Washington, North American Jewry===		===The triangular relationship: Jerusalem, Washington, North American Jewry===

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 ==Notes==
 <references/>
-[[Category:Israel Lobby]] [[Category:Israel]][[Category:Israeli Think Tanks]]
+[[Category:Israel Lobby]] [[Category:Israel]][[Category:Israeli Think Tanks]][[Category:Think Tanks]]

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 ===Israeli-Palestinian conflict===
 ====On demographics====
-A lengthy May 2011 report authored by JPPI's demographer Sergio DellaPergola, entitled ''[http://jppi.org.il/uploads/Jewish_Demographic_Policies.pdf Jewish demographic policies: population Trends and options in israel and in the diaspora]'', argued that it was imperative the Jewish world put demographic and population data at the forefront of policy making. It discussed the Jewish birthrate, migration to and from Israel and in the Diaspora, assimilation, intermarriage and conversion. Key recommendations included establishing final borders of the State of Israel; facilitating cultural absorption of non-Jewish members of Jewish households, making conversion more accessible and appealing; encouraging the return of Israelis abroad; and implementing policies that incentivize Jewish family growth in both Israel and the Diaspora.<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4072166,00.html JPPI summarizes demographic trends], YNet, accessed 3 September 2012</ref> DellaPergola has long stressed that in his view the 'quality of Israel as a Jewish and democratic society...cannot be preserved under the present and foreseeable demographic trends unless strategic decisions are made concerning Israel's territorial definition.'<ref>[http://www.israeldemography.com/Jerusalem%20Post%20SDP%202020.htm Battle of numbers: Jewish minority by 2020], Jerusalem Post via IsraelDemography.com, accessed 5 Sept 2012</ref>
+A lengthy May 2011 report authored by JPPI's demographer [[Sergio DellaPergola]], entitled ''[http://jppi.org.il/uploads/Jewish_Demographic_Policies.pdf Jewish demographic policies: population Trends and options in israel and in the diaspora]'', argued that it was imperative the Jewish world put demographic and population data at the forefront of policy making. It discussed the Jewish birthrate, migration to and from Israel and in the Diaspora, assimilation, intermarriage and conversion. Key recommendations included establishing final borders of the State of Israel; facilitating cultural absorption of non-Jewish members of Jewish households, making conversion more accessible and appealing; encouraging the return of Israelis abroad; and implementing policies that incentivize Jewish family growth in both Israel and the Diaspora.<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4072166,00.html JPPI summarizes demographic trends], YNet, accessed 3 September 2012</ref> DellaPergola has long stressed that in his view the 'quality of Israel as a Jewish and democratic society...cannot be preserved under the present and foreseeable demographic trends unless strategic decisions are made concerning Israel's territorial definition.'<ref>[http://www.israeldemography.com/Jerusalem%20Post%20SDP%202020.htm Battle of numbers: Jewish minority by 2020], Jerusalem Post via IsraelDemography.com, accessed 5 Sept 2012</ref>
 In June 2011 the report was presented to the government at a weekly cabinet meeting, including analysis of demographic trends suggesting that soon Palestinians would be a majority between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea - the significance of this being the growing fear in Israel that Palestinians living under Israeli control could, by advocating for equal rights while still living under Israeli control, create a one-state reality on the ground that would remove the Zionist character of Israel. According to Haaretz, these statistics, reportedly prompted Prime Minister Netanyahu to say: "The debate over how many Jews and how many Palestinians will be between the Jordan and the sea is irrelevant. It does not matter to me whether there are half a million more Palestinians or less because I have no wish to annex them into Israel. I want to separate from them so that they will not be Israeli citizens. I am interested that there be a solid Jewish majority inside the State of Israel. Inside its borders, as these will be defined.” Aides saw such a clear statement that Israel would not maintain control of all of the West Bank as “politically explosive” and reportedly asked attendees not to disseminate details of this statement.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/netanyahu-israel-needs-to-separate-from-the-palestinians-1.368795 Netanyahu: Israel needs to separate from the Palestinians], Haaretz, accessed 3 September 2012</ref>

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 ==Criticism==
-JPPI has been criticised even by supporters of its political goals for its dearth of female participants.<ref>[http://www.jewishaz.com/issues/story.mv?060616+women1 Institute's planning unbalanced], Jewish News of Greater Phoenix Online, accessed 4 September 2012</ref>
+JPPI's 2007 Conference on the Future of the Jewish people was criticised by some participants for the fact that 'no young people' attended.<ref>Yair Sheleg, [http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/it-s-time-to-make-a-plan-1.225420 It's time to make a plan], Haaretz, accessed 8 Sept 2012</ref> It has been criticised even by supporters of its political goals for its dearth of female participants.<ref>[http://www.jewishaz.com/issues/story.mv?060616+women1 Institute's planning unbalanced], Jewish News of Greater Phoenix Online, accessed 4 September 2012</ref> Some of those attending the institute's 2010 Conference on the Future of the Jewish People reportedly 'criticized the absence of women and participants under the age of 50 at the conference — something organizers said they were working to improve'.<ref>Dina Kraft, [http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/10/25/2741438/talking-peace-and-the-diaspora-do-jews-outside-of-israel-have-a-role Talking Peace and the Diaspora, do Jews outside of Israel have a role?], Jewish Telegraphic Agency, accessed 14 August 2012</ref>
-Some of those attending the institute's 2010 conference reportedly 'criticized the absence of women and participants under the age of 50 at the conference — something organizers said they were working to improve'.<ref>Dina Kraft, [http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/10/25/2741438/talking-peace-and-the-diaspora-do-jews-outside-of-israel-have-a-role Talking Peace and the Diaspora, do Jews outside of Israel have a role?], Jewish Telegraphic Agency, accessed 14 August 2012</ref>
+Meanwhile [[Todd Gitlin]], who moderated the delegitimization discussions at the 2010 Conference on the Future of the Jewish People, wrote of what he saw as 'denial' among participants regarding Israel's treatment of Palestinians:
 <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">An intense brew of paranoia, smugness, cynicism, cruelty, panic and denial in Israel's approach to the Palestinians damages the JPPI's aspiration to serve the larger interests of what, indeed, deserves to be called Jewish civilization.<ref>Todd Gitlin, [http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/an-existential-threat-1.321730 An existential threat], Haaretz, accessed 14 August 2012</ref></blockquote>

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 A pre-conference summit of 120 academics, former statesmen and others from the Jewish world was held to map out strategies to confront Israel's challenges. Several recommendations were issued, including creating a Jewish youth service corps modeled on the Peace Corps, a Jewish leadership academy in Jerusalem and the establishment of a secretariat to implement key issues of Jewish communal consensus.<ref>Dina Kraft, [http://www.jewishchronicle.org/article.php?article_id=10064 Amid Israel 60 gala in Jerusalem, Ashkelon suffers rocket strike], The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, accessed 4 September 2012</ref>
-Since the [http://presidentconf.haaretz.com/2008/ 2008 conference] the event has been held [http://www.presidentconf.org.il/2009/en/benefactors.asp in 2009], [http://www.presidentconf.org.il/2011/en/Benefactors.asp in 2011] and [http://presidentconf.org.il/2012/en/Benefactors.asp in 2012].
+Since the [http://presidentconf.haaretz.com/2008/ 2008 conference] the event - reportedly dubbed a 'Jewish Davos'<ref>Nathan Guttman, [http://forward.com/articles/13105/peres-to-convene-confab-on-israeli-and-jewish-futu-/ Peres To Convene Confab on Israeli and Jewish Future], Jewish Daily Forward, accessed 8 Sept 2012</ref>-  has been held [http://www.presidentconf.org.il/2009/en/benefactors.asp in 2009], [http://www.presidentconf.org.il/2011/en/Benefactors.asp in 2011] and [http://presidentconf.org.il/2012/en/Benefactors.asp in 2012].
 ===The triangular relationship: Jerusalem, Washington, North American Jewry===