Academic cooperation to foster research and advocacy competences in the occupied Palestinian territory (West Bank)

Palestinians living in the West Bank, a territory occupied by the State of Israel according to International Law, face deprived access to land and a limited ability to move freely which pertains to the presence of Israeli settlements and other infrastructure (closures, restricted or forbidden roads, etc.). This confinement has significant impacts on their economic and social livelihoods, and it is even worsening with the on-going construction of a 709 km long Barrier which mainly runs inside the West Bank. With regard to this situation, there is a clear need to strengthen the capacity of civil society and its representatives to apply sound research processes as a basis for improved advocacy for Palestinian human rights. Monitoring processes and tools are needed to assess the impacts of the Palestinians’ confinement, particularly in relation to the Barrier’s construction. Reliable data has also to be collected, managed, and above all, shared. These challenges have been addressed within the Academic Cooperation Palestine Project (ACPP) that brings together academic partners from the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) West Bank (WB), and Switzerland as well as other international academic institutions and Palestinian governmental and non-governmental agencies. ACPP started in early 2011 and is designed as a large cooperation networking platform involving researchers, students, public servants and experts from the oPt WB. A large set of actions have already been developed during the first year of the project, including courses, training, and research actions. First relevant results and impacts of the different actions are presented in this paper. Taken as a whole, the project produces valuable results for all partners: useful advocacy material for the Palestinian partners, and a unique “real-scale laboratory” where investigations are jointly conducted to develop novel confinement and change indicators.

Mind the gap: Do proportional electoral systems foster a more equal representation of women and men, poor and rich?

Female gender and low income are two markers for groups that have been historically disadvantaged within most societies. The study explores two research questions related to their political representation: (1) ‘Are parties biased towards the ideological preferences of male and rich citizens?’; and (2) ‘Does the proportionality of the electoral system moderate the degree of under-representation of women and poor citizens in the party system?’ A multilevel analysis of survey data from 24 parliamentary democracies indicates that there is some bias against those with low income and, at a much smaller rate, women. This has systemic consequences for the quality of representation, as the preferences of the complementary groups differ. The proportionality of the electoral system influences the degree of under-representation: specifically, larger district magnitudes help in closing the considerable gap between rich and poor.

Berît Adōnay of : Geloofsbelijdenis voor Israeliten

door M. M. Cohen

Flow-evoking activities foster recovering from Depletion

Self-control is assumed to be a limited resource that becomes drained with use. However, high motivation such as flow experience may compensate for the reduced ability to self-regulate. Results revealed that the more flow students experienced the less depletion of self-regulation was reported.

Sēfer Berît Avrāhām : diezes sefer enṭhelṭ di dinim fon mile und prie wi oich di minhogim fir baal bris ... am ṭage der mile ... daiṭlich in laichṭ feršṭendlicher jidiš daiṭšen šprache

Digitalisat der Ausg. Erlau, [1886/87]

Sēfer ʿEṣ ḥayyîm : we-hû sēfer qiṣṣûr Šenê lûḥôt hab-berît ... mir hobin eś matik giwen oif ivri-ṭaiṭš

[Jechiel Michel Ben-Abraham Epstein. Übers.: Wolf Gerschels aus Prag

Sēfer ʿEṣ ḥayyîm : doś kesṭlichi sefer Qiṣṣîr Šenê lûḥôt hab-berît oif ṭaiṭš gšṭelṭ

[Jechiel Michel Ben-Abraham Epstein. Übers.: Wolf Gerschels aus Prag]

Sēfer ʿEṣ ḥayyîm : doś iz dś kesṭlichi sefer Qiṣṣûr Šenê lûḥôt hab-berît oif ṭaiṭš gšṭelṭ

[Jechiel Michel Ben-Abraham Epstein. Übers.: Wolf Gerschels aus Prag]

Sēfer Qîṣṣûr šenê lûḥôt hab-berît

Mîkāl Epšṭayn

Sēfer Berît-melaḥ : kôlēl dînê melîḥā, hadāḥā ; ... doś iz zeier neiṭige dinim fun zaltzin un waichin fleiš ...

še-ḥibbēr we-tiqqēn ... Y"Ṭ

Sēfer ʿEṣ ḥayyîm : hû han-niqrā Qiṣṣûr Šenê lûḥôt hab-berît ...

[Jechiel Michel Ben-Abraham Epstein. Übers.: Wolf Gerschels aus Prag

Sēfer ʿEṣ ḥayyîm : dizuś izṭ dś kesṭlichi sēfer Qiṣṣûr Šenê lûḥôt hab-berît oif ṭaiṭš

[Jechiel Michel Ben-Abraham Epstein. Übers.: Wolf Gerschels aus Prag]

Sēfer Ḥiddûšê tôrā : we-ze šemô ašer yiqre'û lô Berît Šālôm û-vô derûšîm neḥmādîm ...

ašer îzzēn ḥîbbēr we-tîqqēn ... Pinḥās .... Ben- ... Pelṭā