Bioethics and Biopolitics in Israel: Socio-Legal, Political, and Empirical Analysis

334 Pages·2018·3.423 MB·English

by  Hagai Boas, Yael Hashiloni-Dolev, Nadav Davidovitch, Dani Filc, Shai Lavi

bioethics and biopolitics in israel
Although the “Israeli case” of bioethics has been well documented, this book offers
anovelunderstandingofIsraelibioethicsthatisamilestoneinthecomparativeliterature
ofbioethics.Bringingtogetherarangeofexperts,thisbook’sinterdisciplinarystructure
employsacontemporary,sociopoliticalapproachtobioethicsissues,withanemphasis
onempiricalanalysis,thatwillappealnotonlytoscholarsofbioethicsbutalsotostudents
of law, medicine, humanities, and social sciences around the world. Its focus on the
development of bioethics in Israel makes it especially relevant to scholars of Israeli
society–bothinandoutofIsrael–aswellasmedicalpractitionersandhealthpolicy-
makersinIsrael.
HagaiBoashaspublishedonbraindeath,organtransplantations,andbioethics.Since
2012,hehasbeentheprogramdirectoroftheEdmondJ.SafraCenterforEthicsatTel
Aviv University. Beginning in October 2017, he will be the head of the Science and
TechnologysectionattheVanLeerJerusalemInstitute.
Yael Hashiloni-Dolev is a sociologist of health and illness, a professor at the school of
government and society at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, and a member of
Israel’s National Bioethics Council. Her areas of interest include new reproductive
technologies, genetics, gender, bioethics, contemporary parenthood, and posthumous
reproduction.Shehasauthoredtwobooks:ALife(Un)WorthyofLiving:Reproductive
GeneticsinIsraelandGermany(2007)andTheFertilityRevolution(2013,inHebrew).
Nadav Davidovitch is an epidemiologist and public health physician. He is a full
professor and director, school of public health, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Hiscurrentresearchdealswithhealthpolicy,healthinequities,healthandimmigration,
environmentalhealth,andpublichealthhistoryandethics.
Dani Filc is a professor at the Department of Politics and Government, Ben-Gurion
University. He is the author of Hegemony and Populism in Israel (2006, in Hebrew),
CirclesofExclusion:ThePoliticsofHealth-CareinIsrael(2009),andThePoliticalRight
inIsrael(2013).
ShaiJ.LaviisaprofessoroflawatTel-AvivUniversity,whereheisalsothedirectorofthe
Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. He is also the executive director of the Van Leer
JerusalemInstitute.HisbookTheModernArtofDying:AHistoryofEuthanasiainthe
United States won the 2006 Distinguished Book Award in sociology of law from the
AmericanSociologicalAssociation.

Bioethics and Biopolitics in Israel
socio-legal, political, and empirical analysis
Editedby
HAGAI BOAS
TheVanLeerJerusalemInstitute
YAEL HASHILONI-DOLEV
SchoolofGovernmentandSociety,TheAcademicCollegeofTel-Aviv-Yaffo
NADAV DAVIDOVITCH
SchoolofPublicHealth,BenGurionUniversityoftheNegev
DANI FILC
DepartmentofPoliticsandGovernment,BenGurionUniversityoftheNegev
SHAI J. LAVI
TheVanLeerJerusalemInstituteandBuchmannFacultyofLaw,TelAviv
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Contents
ListofContributors pagevii
Introduction:BioethicsinIsrael 1
HagaiBoas,YaelHashiloni-Dolev,NadavDavidovitch,
DaniFilc,andShaiJ.Lavi
part i: bioethics as biopolitics 21
1 SecuritizationofPublicHealthPreparednessinIsrael
andPalestine:AChallengeforPublicHealthEthics 23
NadavDavidovitchandBenjaminLanger
2 RepublicanBioethics 41
DaniFilc
3 ForceandFeeding:FromBioethicstoBiopoliticsinRecentIsraeli
LegislationaboutForce-FeedingHunger-StrikingInmates 56
YoavKenny
4 ACognitiveDissonantHealthSystem:CanWeCombatRacism
withoutAdmittingItExists? 76
HadasZiv
5 NothingaboutUswithoutUs:ADisabilityChallengetoBioethics 97
SagitMor
part ii: familialism and reproduction 117
6 TheEffectofJewish-IsraeliFamilyIdeologyonPolicyRegarding
ReproductiveTechnologies 119
YaelHashiloni-Dolev
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7 “Quiet,Dependent,Nice,andLoyal”:SurrogacyAgencies’
DiscourseofInternationalSurrogacy 139
HedvaEyalandAdiMoreno
8 PalestinianFertilityintheIsraeliSphere:PalestinianWomen
inIsraelUndergoingIVFTreatments 160
HimmatZu’bi
9 ChildbirthinIsrael:HomeBirthandNewbornScreening 180
MargheritaBrusaandYechielMichaelBarilan
10 “LifeafterDeath”:TheIsraeliApproachtoPosthumous
Reproduction 202
VarditRavitskyandYa’aritBokek-Cohen
part iii: is there an israeli exceptionalism? 221
11 RecklessorPioneering?PublicHealthGeneticsServices
inIsrael 223
AviadE.Raz
12 TheEnd-of-LifeDecision-MakingProcessinIsrael:Bioethics,
Law,andthePracticeofDoctors 240
NiliKarako-EyalandRoyGilbar
13 OrganDonation,BrainDeath,andtheLimitsofLiberalBioethics 258
HagaiBoasandShaiJ.Lavi
14 TowardanIsraeliMedicalEthics 277
MichaelWeingarten
15 TiltingtheFrame:IsraeliSuicideasanAlternativetoSuicide
inIsrael 295
HaimHazanandRaquelRomberg
Index 313
Contributors
YechielMichaelBarilan,TheSacklerFacultyofMedicine,TelAvivUniversity
HagaiBoas,TheVanLeerJerusalemInstituteandTheEdmondJ.SafraCenterfor
EthicsatTelAvivUniversity
Ya’aritBokek-Cohen,AchvaAcademicCollege
MargheritaBrusa,UniversityHospital,Padua,Italy
Nadav Davidovitch, Department of Health Systems Management, Ben Gurion
UniversityoftheNegev
Hedva Eyal, The Federmann School of Public Policy and Government, The
HebrewUniversityofJerusalem
DaniFilc,DepartmentofPoliticsandGovernment,BenGurionUniversityofthe
Negev
RoyGilbar,SchoolofLaw,NetanyaAcademicCollege
YaelHashiloni-Dolev,SchoolofGovernmentandSociety,TheAcademicCollege
ofTel-Aviv-Yaffo
HaimHazan,DepartmentofSociologyandAnthropology,TelAvivUniversity
NiliKarako-Eyal,SchoolofLaw,CollegeofManagement(COMAS)
YoavKenny,TheEdmondJ.SafraCenterforEthics,TelAvivUniversity
BenjaminLanger,SchulichSchoolofMedicine,WesternUniversity,Canada
Shai J. Lavi, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, The Edmond J. Safra Center for
EthicsandtheBuchmannFacultyofLaw,TelAvivUniversity
SagitMor,FacultyofLaw,UniversityofHaifa
AdiMoreno,DepartmentofSociologyandAnthropology,Tel-AvivUniversity
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viii ListofContributors
Vardit Ravitsky, Bioethics Program, School of Public Health, University of
MontrealandDirector,EthicsandHealthBranch,CenterforResearchinEthics
AviadE.Raz,DepartmentofSociologyandAnthropology,BenGurionUniversity
oftheNegev
RaquelRomberg,IndependentScholar
MichaelWeingarten,FacultyofMedicineinGalilee,BarIlanUniversity
HadasZiv,PhysiciansforHumanRightsIsrael
HimmatZu’bi,DepartmentofSociologyandAnthropologyBen-GurionUniversity
oftheNegev