Reforms

The school schedules for students in Israel differ significantly between secular, religious, ultra-Orthodox, and Arab frameworks in both scope and content. As each sector operates according to its own narrative, this year's election day becomes more significant than ever for the future of the education system.

A new report by IMPACT-se points to a continued softening of attitudes toward Israel in Saudi textbooks: hostile expressions have been removed, phrasing has been changed, and maps have been updated, but Israel is still presented in some content as an occupying force and the lack of recognition of it is still evident.

Inflation in government ministries and the high number of ministers cause cumbersomeness, duplication, and managerial paralysis. The proposed solution is simple, gradual, and reversible: redistributing work so that ministers function only as policymakers and supervisors, while professional CEOs take the actual reins of management. Guest column.

The Ministry of Transport under Miri Regev faced significant challenges. Despite ambitious plans such as introducing Uber, establishing a Wizz Air operational center, and reforming public transport, many initiatives remain unimplemented.

Dr. Sefi Mendelovich, finishing his tenure as Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Health, summarizes the major reforms he led. In an interview, he discusses the “Enablers” team, the introduction of the physician associate profession, and the system's readiness for emergencies.

When the second Rabin government promoted the Oslo Accords and when the Sharon government led the Disengagement Plan, fateful moves passed in the Knesset within a few months. In those days, the pace of legislation was presented as "governing determination," whereas today the same tools are described as a "blitz." The struggle is not over the parliamentary procedure, but over the right of the...