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The Academic Boycott of Israel | Interim Report

Emotions run high as both pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protesters passionately express their views, with intense exchanges outside the student encampment occupying King's College Circle at the University of Toronto.

This interim report by the Samuel Neaman Institute examines the scope of the academic boycott of Israel, its diverse existing and potential effects, and potential and effective means of addressing it

“Scenarios and National Goals for Food Security in 2050” a Second Interim Report Within the Israel 2050 Food Security Project

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This interim report is part of the process of shaping Israel’s national food security policy for 2050. The report focuses on proposing reference scenarios that influence food security in Israel and deriving goals and objectives for action, with an emphasis on three key dimensions: climate, demographics, and dietary patterns. These dimensions significantly impact the ability to ensure the availability, accessibility, and quality of food sources over time, both during routine periods and in emergencies.

Conference on shore extensions and artifical islands off the coast of Israel

The construction of a series of artificial islands off the shoreline of Israel constitutes a clear necessity towards the end of this decade and during the first half of the coming century. This is due to the pressing utilization and need for development of the coastal strip in general and the severe shortage of land […]

Neighborhood Renewal in Israel – Evaluation and Results

“The Plan for Neighborhood Rehabilitation and Renewal” known as the “Rehabilitation Project” has been in operation in Israel for ten years. Now it leaves the neighborhoods and changes it character. Formally, however, it still includes within its framework 90 neighborhoods countrywide, in which about 15% of the country’s citizens reside. In scope and complexity this […]

Water Policy for Israel (Hebrew with English summary)

The report summarizes a five-year project, conducted at the Neaman Institute by a team of researchers and practitioners in the water sector, for creating and implementing a methodology for generating a water policy for Israel. The report presents the methodology for identifying objectives, goals and indicators of achievement and for multi-objective evaluation of alternative policies. […]