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Following today's advancement of the Mikveh Bill by the Knesset Plenum, IDI President Yohanan Plesner said, "The Mikveh Bill is not worthy of being included in the laws of Israel."

Yair Sheleg says head of Israel's rabbinical court should not take public stances on controversial non-religious issues.

Ahead of today's meeting of the Ministerial Committee on Legislation, the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) called for supporting a bill that will shorten the length of time allotted to form a governmnet after an election. 

The proposed legislation was presented by Knesset Finance Committee head Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism) and would require that mikvehs be run only in accordance with the directives of the ultra-Orthodox Chief Rabbinate. 

IDI's Yohanan Plesner: "We need to look at this from a long-term perspective."

Peace Index: Israelis weigh in on which candidate is better for the Jewish State; Survey examines perceptions of Jerusalem as a divided city.

Policy statement: 'The current law already completely provides a way to deal with these kinds of issues, and there is no reason to change it.'

"The MK Suspension bill is an embarrassment to the Knesset."

IDI to Minister of Education Naftali Bennett: "Form a committee for appointing members of the Council of Higher Education, have the process overseen by the Attorney General and better coordinate with representatives from a variety of fields."

IDI is part of a new forum established to promote conversion in Israel.