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What is Direct Representational Democracy for Israel?
Who Are We?
What is Direct Representational Democracy for Israel?
Direct Representational Democracy for Israel is a public, non-partisan initiative supporting the applied principles of individual rights and individual responsibility through direct representation and protections against abuses of power in government.
The initiative promotes specific changes to Israel's system of government.
- All Knesset legislators should be directly elected by absolute majorities in single-representative regional contests.
- Judicial appointments to the supreme court should follow a process of nomination and confirmation that involve the executive legislative branches.
- There should be absolute separation between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.
- All government officials (including supreme court justices) should be accountable for their actions and impeachable under specific circumstances and through cross-branch procedure.
Who Are We?
We are regular citizens who demand accountable, efficient governance. We welcome the membership of anyone who believes that government's primary purpose is the protection of individual rights and the provision of essential governing services. We outrightly reject the concept that government should be structured primarily for the amassing and redistribution of public funds to subgroups through political patronage.
Executive Committee
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Michael Jaffe founded Direct Representational Democracy for Israel. He holds an MS in electrical engineering and a PhD in communication research. At the University of Haifa, Michael taught courses in computer-mediated communication, health communication, and psychology. As a consultant for the city of Haifa, he designed the "Memory Candle" campaign to reduce smoking among teenagers. Michael worked as an engineer for GE and Elscint. He currently writes freelance on topics of governance and corporate investment research. He lives in Zichron Yaakov with his wife and four children. Email: jmichaeljaffe@directrepisrael.org
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Peretz Rickett is our information technology specialist and a core organizer. He is a software engineer and is helping to build and manage the technology that will enable the mass communication and coordination critical to the success of the DirectRepIsrael. Before immigrating to Israel, Peretz was actively involved in various grassroots political organizations and parties in his native Texas during which time he wrote and debated extensively on effective representational government. Peretz lives in Alon Shvut with his wife and three children. Email: PeretzRickett@directrepisrael.org
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