Kohelet Policy Forum

The Kohelet Policy Forum (KPF) (Hebrew: פורום קהלת) is an Israeli nonprofit think tank. Founded in January 2012 by Professor Moshe Koppel, who now serves as the Forum’s chairman, together with several Israeli academics such as Avraham Diskin, Avi Bell, Emmanuel Navon and Yitzhak Klein, public figures, intellectuals and activists.[1][2]

Kohelet Policy Forum
פורום קהלת
Formation2012
TypePublic Policy Think Tank
HeadquartersAm Ve'olamo 8
Location
  • Jerusalem
Chairman
Moshe Koppel
WebsiteKohelet.org.il

Mission

The KPF's mission is to anchor the Jewish People’s right to an independent sovereign state in law and state policy. The forum has been promoting the Basic Law proposal: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People.[3] In addition it encourages democratic accountability and judicial responsibility, while discouraging unjust judicial activism and the undue legalization of the public realm.[4] However, The KPF does not come out against the supreme court as an institution and has filed a friend of the court briefs in a number of appeals.[5]

Resources

KPF is a non-governmental organization which relies only on private donations and does not accept public funds from any government, domestic or foreign.[6] The largest donor is anonymous and sends millions of dollars annually through an American nonprofit organization called American Friends of Kohelet Policy Forum.[7] The Forum’s legislative research, policy papers, and other research based products[8] are offered to Israeli decision makers for free.

Affiliation

The Forum maintains an open door policy and seeks to form Ad hoc alliances with groups and individuals who are operating to strengthen Israel through ideas and innovation.

References
  1. "Kohelet Policy Forum - Home Page". Kohelet.org.il. 2008-07-16. Archived from the original on 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  2. Misgav, Uri (2014-02-23). "Bennett urges 'zero tolerance' for Israeli Arabs' national aspirations - National Israel News". Haaretz. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  3. Jeremy, Yonah (2014-02-23). "Bennett: Zero tolerance for national identity besides Jewish | JPost | Israel News". JPost. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  4. "Kohelet Policy Forum - Home Page". Kohelet.org.il. 2008-07-16. Archived from the original on 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  5. Israeli Supreme Court decision 9149/10 regarding KPF's application to join as friend of the court
  6. "פורום קהלת (ע"ר)". Kohelet.org.il. 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  7. Shuki Sadeh (October 5, 2018). "The Right-wing Think Tank That Quietly 'Runs the Knesset'". Haaretz.
  8. Jerusalem Post, Dr. Aviad Bakshi, the director of legal affairs at the Kohelet Policy Forum who argues that Arabic is not an official language in practice


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