Citation:
Kramer, Martin. “How Israel’s Declaration of Independence Became Its Constitution.” Mosaic Magazine, 2021, November 1.
Abstract:
Israel's proclamation of independence promised a convening within six months of a “constituent assembly” charged with drawing up a constitution. But because of the war and then postwar politics, this never happened. A proclamation that was never meant to serve as the basis of law became a kind of quasi-constitution, retroactively vested with legal standing. Has the proclamation stood up to this test? Is it really the ultimate bulwark of the Jewish and democratic state?
Seventh part of a seven-part series.
