Let's Talk Independence

The Status of the Declaration of Independence: Vision, Law or Constitution? Marking the transition from the Assembly of Representatives to the Knesset, February 1949

Let's Talk Independence
Declaration of Independence Celebrates 70
The Declaration of Independence: Vision, Law or Constitution?

A Joint conference with the Israel Democracy Institute, Independence Hall and Bina
Marking the transition from the Assembly of Representatives to the Knesset, February 1949

Opening Remarks:
Mr. Yohanan Plesner – President of the Israel Democracy Institute
Justice Edna Arbel – Former Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel; former District Attorney
Moderator: Arnon Meir – The Israel Democracy Institute

Speakers:
Marzouq El-Halabi – Lawyer/ Legal scholar, writer and poet
Prof. Menachem Mautner – Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University
Dr. Ruth Calderon – Former Member of Knesset; Senior Fellow, Hartman Institute; Faculty Member, Mandel Institute
Prof. Yedidia Stern - Vice President of Research, the Israel Democracy Institute; Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University.

Reception at 6:30 PM | Event begins at 7:00 PM
Independence Hall
Rothschild Blvd. 16, Tel Aviv-Jaffa

The event is part of a monthly series of events marking Israel's 70th  anniversary on the values and standing of the Declaration of Independence.