Vision to Reality: The Reut Blog

Two recent articles in Ma’ariv by Gil Melamed and Ido Efrati on Israel’s transportation system and system of governance deal with the problems of long term planning in the country.

Interviewed on the subject, Dr. Dan Ben David explains that ‘due to Israel’s structure of governance, we are not equiped to deal with strategic issues in any area and our representatives are frequently dealing with ‘immediate problems that constantly come up’ and focusing on sector-based issues…the basic solution is changing the system of governance and alleviating the temporary nature of governmental terms.”

Ben-David hits the nail on the head. Compared to most other developed countries, Israel is failing. In every area requiring inter-agency cooperation, the country is unable to function. This is the common denominator between the failure to properly deal with the Gaza evacuees, Israeli Arabs, the education system or situations of national emergencies.

Reut was established in order to try and offer a response to this issue and deals with many aspects of it. I am convinced that this is the most burning issue in the State of Israel.

Related Links: The Reut Institute Story (1) – From Experiences to an Idea