Publications

This paper analyses and debates the challenges of the EU-Israel economic relations, situating them in their overarching environment of the Eastern Mediterranean. It assesses the impact of this strategy on EU-relations in the context of the Eastern Mediterranean sub-regional cooperation.

FES Israel and the Israeli Industrial Relations Research Association (IIRRA) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) held the IIRRA’s annual conference “Platform Economy / Gig Economy New Challenges for Labour Relations”.

A new publication by the Macro Center for Political Economics and FES Israel on the subject of a “4 + 1” work model that combines training and work

Students’ podcast project

The document presents data on some aspects of inequality in Israel during the corona period. It first focuses on three defined population groups: the upper class, the high-tech workers and the small businesses.

The Corona crisis began as a health crisis, but it revealed the weaknesses of Israel’s social, economic, and political systems as well. It found a political system entirely devoid of gender sensitivity. Thus, the decisions made, mainly by men, failed to reflect the needs of women. Moreover, the services essential to coping with the epidemic were under-budgeted and under-staffed. What’s more, the epidemic spotlighted the…

On June 18 the people of Iran can elect a new president for their country. With this blog, FES aims to host a diverse, multi-faceted debate on this.

The Eastern Mediterranean emerged in the last decade as a new focus of Israeli strategic interests. Traditionally, the region was an afterthought in Israeli thinking. It posed no major threat, nor did it hold a significant promise. However, This state of affairs saw a dramatic shift that accelerated in the last decade.

This pioneering report examines for the first time the Israeli film industry from a gender perspective. By doing so, the report joins numerous international research projects dealing with gender disparities in budgets and gender-based partition of work in the film production business – enabling for the first time a comparison between the film industry in Israel and around the world.