Arab Political Leadership in Israel: An Israel Democracy Institute Nation-State Seminar
Israel Democracy Institute | 4 Pinsker Street, Jerusalem
What is the relationship between Israel’s Arab minority and the state? What is their position as individuals and as a national group?
Join us for a roundtable discussion.
3:30-4:00 p.m.: Opening Remarks
Yohanan Plesner, President, Israel Democracy Institute
Shawki Khatib, Chairman, Injaz Center for Professional Arab Local Governance
Dr. Shuki Friedman, Director, IDI Center for Religion, Nation and State
4:00-5:45 p.m.: Session One - Arab Political Leadership and the State of Israel
Moderator/Panelist: Prof. Yedidia Stern, Vice President of Research, IDI
Presenters:
MK Dr. Yosef Jabareen, Joint List
MK Dr. Benny Begin, Likud
Respondents:
Moshe Arens, Former Minister and MK, Likud
Shawki Khatib, Chairman, Injaz Center for Professional Arab Local Governance
Makbula Nassar, Journalist and Arab Social Activist
Arik Rudnitzky, Project Manager, Tel Aviv University's Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
Open Discussion
5:45-6:00 p.m.: Break
6:00-7:45 p.m.: Session Two - Political Leadership and the Arab Citizen
Moderator/Panelist: Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi, Executive Director, Injaz Center for Professional Arab Local Governance
Presenters:
Mohammad Barakeh, Chairman, Higher Arab Monitoring Committee
Haim Oron, Former minister and MK, Meretz
Respondents:
Mohammad Darawshe, Director, The Center for a Shared Society
Prof. Tamar Hermann, Academic Director, IDI’s Guttman Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research
Adv. Sawsan Zaher, Director, Economic and Social Rights Unit, Adalah
Wadia Awada, Manager, Injaz Center for Professional Arab Local Governance
Open Discussion
Closing Remarks
Mohammad Barakeh, Chairman, Higher Arab Monitoring Committee
Mohammad Darawshe, Director, The Center for a Shared Society
Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer, Vice President of Research, Israel Democracy Institute