Israel Democracy Institute

25 live markets, $47M on one question — what the money says about Israel's next prime minister.

140 countries have freedom of information laws. A 2025 test found 38% of requests got no substantive reply at all.

One product, three seals, and no way to tell which is "the" kosher one. How a single biblical sentence became a 1,500-agency industry.

Same population, same year, wildly different numbers — why the Arab Israeli identity polling keeps contradicting itself.

Do internet-free phones prove the web is the addictive layer? The Haredi community offers a fascinating, if imperfect, natural experiment.

How a 1926 Supreme Court case about a "pig in the parlor" still determines where you can buy a pipe fitting.

Five policy pillars to fix housing, cost of living, religion-state, education, and regional integration.

Why does the landlord-tenant relationship so often turn cruel? The psychology and law behind the pattern.

The invisible infrastructure of democracy — how think tanks actually design and push through political reform.

What separates a serious policy platform from a weekend manifesto? A toolkit for voters.

How Israel's 1979 wiretapping law made a camera-stuffed teddy bear legal — and what happens next.

How to organize your home so a 30-day eviction notice is painful but not paralyzing.

A deep dive into polling mechanics, margins of error, and why 3,000 respondents can represent 10 million people.

Most MKs spend 15-20% of their time on actual lawmaking. Who’s really writing the laws?

Israel, Greece, and others are capping cash transactions to shrink shadow economies. How do these laws work, and what are the real costs?

How elected leaders dismantle democracy from within—and why it's so hard to stop once it starts.

73% of Israelis rate government performance as poor. The contract between citizens and state has fractured.

How one man's surveys became the world's only window into Palestinian opinion—and whether the data is real.

Van Leer, IDI, INSS, Kohelet, JCPA — what these institutes actually do, who funds them, and how they shape policy.

What happens when the state you fund feels like it's deceiving you — and you can't opt out.

How open-source intelligence is reshaping—and sometimes distorting—our understanding of modern conflict.

Israel's population is shifting dramatically. The Haredi and Arab sectors are rising fast, reshaping the economy, military, and national identity.

As the Haredi population grows, Israel faces a breaking point over military service and economic sustainability. Can the social contract hold?

Explore the KPIs of a healthy democracy, from judicial independence to digital transparency in Israel and beyond.

Why can’t you call your representative about a pothole? Explore the history and trade-offs of Israel’s unique national voting system.