10 Years of Israeli Government Socio-Economic Activity in Arab Society
This conference will present a comprehensive analysis of the Israeli government's accomplishments, set backs and challenges yet to be addressed with regards to the status of Arab society in the country over the last decade.
10:00 – 10:30: Opening Remarks
Yohanan Plesner, President, Israel Democracy Institute
Ariel Yotzer, Deputy Budget Director, Ministry of Finance
Supreme Court Vice President Justice Salim Joubran (ret.)
10:30 – 11:45: 10 Years of Israeli Government Socio-Economic Activity in Arab Society: Accomplishments and Challenges
Presenters:
Iman Saif, Director, Authority for the Economic Development of the Arab, Druze and Circassian Sectors, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Yoel Finkel, Associate Government Statistician, Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
Respondents:
Mazen Ganayem, Mayor Sakhnin Municipality; Chairperson Committee of Heads of Arab Local Councils
Nasreen Hadad Haj-Yahya, Director, Arab-Jewish Relations Program, Israel Democracy Institute
Ori Sheinin, Development Coordinator, Economic Development Plan for the Arab Sector (Government Resolution 922), Budget Division, Ministry of Finance
Adv. Mariam Kabaha, National Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services
12:00 – 1:15: Limited Partnership: Presentation of Findings of IDI Study on Jewish – Arab Relations
Presenter:
Prof. Tamar Hermann, Senior Fellow and Academic Director, Guttmann Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research, Israel Democracy Institute
Respondents:
Shuruk Ismail, Program Director, Arab Community Department, Yad Hanadiv
Amnon Beeri – Sulitzeanu, Co-Executive Director, Abraham Fund Initiatives
Mohammad Darawshe, Director, Planning, Equality & Shared Society,
Givat Haviva Center
Dr. Ephraim Lavie, Director, Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University
1:15 – 1:30
Iman Saif
Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer, Vice President, Research, Israel Democracy Institute
Moderator: Roy Assaf, Director, Social Development, Authority for the Economic Development of the Arab, Druze and Circassian Sectors, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Live feed of this event via the Israel Democracy Institute website (www.idi.org.il)
- Tags:
- Arab Society,
- Economy and Governance,
- Right to Equality,
- Minorities,
- Socioeconomic Policy,
- Affirmative Action,
- Arab-Jewish relations,
- equal opportunity,
- Socioeconomic gaps,
- The Labor Market,
- Unemployment,
- Arab Society in Israel Program,
- Center for Democratic Values and Institutions