https://www.jns.org/author/haim-ramon Haim Ramon is a veteran Israeli politician, having served as a legislator for 22 years, primarily under the Labor Party. Among his various roles, he served as leader of the Labor Party caucus in the Knesset; as chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee; and as a cabinet minister under Israeli prime ministers Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert. Ramon was also the national chair of the Histadrut, Israel’s primary trade union federation. en-US Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:14:40 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/haim-ramon/how-the-israel-democracy-institute-abandoned-both-israel-and-democracy 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f488c5005e Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:14:40 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/haim-ramon/how-the-israel-democracy-institute-abandoned-both-israel-and-democracy