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Long deprived of power in illegally built homes, Arabs hope change finally near
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As unprecedented billions planned for under-served Arabs, devil’s in the details
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Remote, fearful and suspicious: Why Israel’s Negev Bedouin remain unvaccinated
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Opinion | Israel: Celebrate, Don't Fear, Your Arabness
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Scarce Public Transportation Still Plagues Israeli Arab Towns, Survey Finds
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How Do You Say 'Urban Renewal' in Arabic? In Israel, You Don't
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Netanyahu Woos Surprise Demographic, Leading Others to Follow Suit
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Sikkuy: Advancing Equality and a Shared Society for Arab and Jewish Citizens
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Combatting Under-Policing in Arab Communities
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No Monuments Will Be Toppled Here, but Jewish Israelis Need to Start Talking About Systemic Racism
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Can the COVID-19 Crisis Become a Turning Point Toward a Shared Society in Israel?
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Opinion | The Militarization of the Coronavirus Crisis, as Seen on Israeli TV
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A More Equal and Shared Society is Possible: Meet the Most Optimistic Leftist in Israel
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In Israeli-Arab City, Some Pushback Against Religious and Political Fundamentalism
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Why Bibi Fears Arab Voters
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‘Arab society not represented in Israeli education, causing alienation’
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Why Arabic is flowering in Israel even as it’s officially demoted?
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Israel's Airport Has Nearly No Signs in Arabic
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IN RESPONSE TO NATION-STATE LAW: MASS ARABIC CLASS HELD IN TEL AVIV
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Putting Israeli Arabs On The Front Burner
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Palestinian's Land Day Is an Ongoing Injustice
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Land Day Is an Ongoing Injustice
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Results of our investigation: These are the family recreation sites that ignore Arab visitors
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New Karmiel-Tel Aviv Train Line To Open, With Access For Israeli Arab Towns
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How Have Some Arab High Schools Become Israel’s Top Performers?
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Fact: You Can Convince Employers to Hire Arabs
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The Industrial Zone in Menashe: Planning completed for the Iron Industrial Zone
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For Israel's Jews and Arabs to Truly Coexist, This Is What Needs to Happen
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Small Arab and Jewish Towns Team Up to Solve Big Problems
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Education Ministry Reverses Itself over Veto of Arabic Dictionarie
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Celebrating Ramadan in Umm al-Fahm
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Bedouin Children Need Preschools
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Israel's Campaign Against Arabic
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After one year, index sees increase in media representation of Arab citizens
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Israeli Arab Representation on TV Talk Shows Shot Up in 2016
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Public Campaign to Increase Arab Voices in the Media Makes Its Mark
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Amid Flames and Suspicions in Israel, Acts of Jewish-Arab Cooperation
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No Time to Wait: Economic Discrimination Against Arab Towns Must Be Fixed Immediately
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'When the Media Doesn't Talk to Arabs, Coverage of Them Is Negative'
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Israel Failing in Coexistence, Anti-racism Education, State Comptroller Says
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A New Vision For The Secular Left: How Do We Need To Change Ourselves In Order To Change Reality In Israel?
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"As Arab Citizens We Feel That Our Security Is Less Important To the State"
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Why Are So Few Arabs Interviewed on Israeli TV?
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Israel Takes Action on Improving Arabs’ Lives
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While Police Tackle Arab Inciters, Are Jews Given a Free Pass?
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Tearing Down Before Building Up
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A New and Important Experience For The Israeli Prime-Time Spectator
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Small Arab and Jewish Towns Team Up to Solve Big Problems
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The Israelis and Palestinians who Work Together in Peace
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Getting Beyond Stereotypes on Israeli TV News
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The Beduin Children Can’t Wait
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Israel's Hottest New Tradition: Ramadan Tours
For Jewish Israelis yearning to get to know their neighbors, activities surrounding this month’s fasting and feasting are becoming a thriving business.
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Ramadan Tours in Israel Give Boost to Arab Tourism
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The Representation Index
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Ramadan nights
Perhaps efforts by Shared Tourism, can serve as a model for the shared society we must continue to strive toward.
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Month of Ramadan Initiatives Strengthen Jewish-Arab Relations
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Activists Use Carrot, Stick to Get Arab Voices Into Hebrew Press
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In the shadow of Sarona attack, Jews and Muslims unite for Ramadan
Initiative brings Israelis to Arab homes during Islamic holy month to break fast, bread and sow the seeds of friendship
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After Decades of Neglect, Israel Promotes Planning and Construction in Arab Sector
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A Tour of the Galilee Offers All Manner of Treats
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Campaign to Increase Israeli Arab Commentators In The Media Seen As Success
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Arab Citizens Involved in 59 Percent of Murders in Israel
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'Ramadan Nights' Tours of Israeli Arab Villages to Take Place During Ramadan
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Found in Translation: Arabic Language Wins Unexpected Approval in Knesset
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Is the Israeli Media Responding to Pressure on Under Representation of Arabs?
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Israel Faces Up to Arab Inequality as Its Growth Stalls
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Only 2% of interviewees in Israeli media are Arab, new index finds
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Why Morocco can be a model for Jewish-Arab partnership
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After Groundbreaking Report, More Arab Experts on Israeli Television
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Four ways Jews and Arabs live apart in Israeli society
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Land Day: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
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How should we respond to a survey supporting removal of Israeli-Arabs?
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New Research Reveals the Underrepresentation of Arabs in the Israeli Media
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Study: Arabs underrepresented in Hebrew media
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Strong Israeli Reactions After Study Finds Support for Arab Expulsion
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Israelis grapple with Pew finding of support for Arab expulsion
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Not just cinema, but also theatre - a new first for Arab children in Israel
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Government tenders should encourage companies to hire Arabs
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Do You Want To Encourage Employment of Arabs? Give Preference in Government Tenders to Those Who Employ Them
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Economic equality is an unconditional right
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Behind the Headlines – Democracy in Crisis? Minority Rights
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Why we need to put our chips behind people-to-people work
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Father Leads Drive to Get Arabic-dubbed Films Into Israeli Cinemas
Sikkuy – The Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality in Israel, which helped publicize the “Minions” screenings on various social network sites, told Haaretz: “It may seem like a small step for equality, but it is also of great significance. Suddenly, the movie theaters in Kfar Sava became a shared space for Jews and Arabs, where Arabic and Arab citizens have a real and respected place. It’s also a real achievement in light of the gap in resources, because although there’s still no movie theater in Tira or any other Arab city in the area, the option of coming to see a film with the children has finally become open to thousands of families. Above all, when such a struggle succeeds, it proves there’s still hope, and that things can be changed – even in difficult times when words of hatred come from the most senior levels of government.”
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‘This shows it is possible to transform Israel into a just society’: Ron Gerlitz on the Arab Economic Development Plan
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Partnership With Its Arab Citizens Will Determine Israel's Future
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The win-win plan to advance the Arab sector
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A government “arnona” (municipal property tax) fund will reduce gaps
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The murder of women in Arab society – a national emergency
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Israeli media must ensure equal representation for all
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The Civil Service Commission resumes publishing reports: The state has failed to integrate Arabs into the public sector
"The continual increase in the percentage of Arab employees in the Civil Service, from 6.2 percent in 2007 to 9.3 percent in 2014, is worthy of mention, although the target that the government set for itself for 2012 is being achieved after a two-year delay," Attorney Samah Alkhatib-Ayoub, a research coordinator and advocacy specialist in the Equality Policy Department of Sikkuy-the Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality, told Calcalist.
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Study: Only 1% of Israeli Jews Can Read a Book in Arabic
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The Other Palestinians - On Sikkuy co-directors' visit to North America
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Rabin’s legacy: A government inclusive of all citizens — not only Jews
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Uneasy Arab-Israeli Coexistence Threatened By Violence
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Collective Punishment: Arabs in Israel Face the Sack Because They're Arabs
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Israeli Arabs Caught Between Their Pocketbooks and Their Hearts
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Ron Gerlitz: "Yes, the racist extreme right is afraid. They would like the Arabs to go back to being manual laborers"
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As parents demand secure schools, Arab staff eyed suspiciously
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Israeli Towns Move to Ban Arab Workers From Schools
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Israel’s Jews and Arabs Must Overcome Mutual Fear
Interview with Rawnak Natour
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All the new appointments that you should know about - Rawnak Natour
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Israeli Universities Still Failing Arab Students When It Comes to Inclusion
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What Israel can do today for economic equality
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Israeli Arab towns have very few daycare centers
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Jewish tourists in Arab towns: It’s no dream
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ISRAEL’S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE
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Arabs flock, but not to the Civil Service
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Criticism of absence of Arab representative on the search committee for the president of Haifa University
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As Israeli Arabs Get Stronger, the Right Goes on the Offensive
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Confronting Old Wounds, Ramadan Ttours Promote Coexistence
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Ramadan Tours Promote Coexistence Between Israeli Arabs and Jews
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Why there are no daycare centers in Arab towns
In the absence of a joint organized effort by the government ministries to deal with the planning barriers and the shortage of public land, the underutilization of the substantial budgets by Arab Local Authorities will continue.
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Israel's Hottest New Tradition: Ramadan Tours
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Experience Ramadan in Nazareth Through A Unique Tour Opportunity
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Arabs in Wadi Ara warn: “If it won’t be good for us, it won’t be good for you, and that’s not a threat”
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The Arab woman’s stone ceiling
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The Sad Truth in Bennett's Claim About Rampant Crime in Arab Towns
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Haifa Theater Arablanguage ads riddled with mistakes
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Arab women want to go to work – but have no way to get there
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Protests against exclusion of Arabs in child welfare conference win out
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Fighting discrimination
"As a result, in Arab towns, 78% of arnona tax revenues are from households, compared to a nationwide average of 34%, according to a study by Injaz Center for Professional Arab Local Governance and Sikkuy – the Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality."
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New signs at bus stops: not in Arabic
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Haifa’s at your service – if you speak Hebrew
"Arabic-speaking residents said the city told them that the services pamphlet wasn’t published in that language. Shutafut-Sharakah, the Organizations for Shared, Democratic and Equal Society, has written City Hall, seeking to correct the matter. "
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Three-way coexistence for Christmas
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Conferences, meetings and long-range plans: not everyone is giving up on the shared future
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The plight of Israel’s struggling Arab minority comes to Pittsburgh Read more: The Jewish Chronicle - The plight of Israel s struggling Arab minority comes to Pittsburgh
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What is it like to be an Arab worker in Israel?
Dismissal without a hearing, silencing, trampling of rights – that's what male and female Arab workers are facing in Israeli society in the months following Operation Protective Edge. How can we fight this ugly racism?
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Dismissal for narrative reasons
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Overcrowding, lack of classrooms in Arab education system
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Jerusalem teachers warn of increase in racism after Gaza war
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The Interior Ministry's criterion for distributing money among the local authorities: nationality
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The backlash against Arab integration
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Why Palestinian citizens of Israel are no longer safe
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The Gaza effect: In shaky economy, Arab businesses hit hardest
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Not just escalation: A frightening new era of Jewish-Arab relations in Israel
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Jewish Israelis have no monopoly on victimhood and pain
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The Fast and Feast of Ramadan Tel Aviv Table Podcast
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A city of 21,000 with one bus line that makes 62 trips a day
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“Ir Habahadim” (IDF Central Training Facility in the Negev) – "The Jews are dividing things fairly among themselves, and leaving out the Bedouin "
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Lapid continues to discriminate against the Arabs
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How Israeli Arabs can achieve a just distribution of resources
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The correlation between Arab economic power and attacks by the Right
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Deputy Budget Director: finance ministry weighs reapportioning government property tax payments
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In Israel, Arabs get less
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In Israel, Arabs get less
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Treasury official: Gov't funding biased against Arabs
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FULL-PAGE AD IN HAARETZ
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The Arabs’ Growing Economic Power Draws Fire
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Arab literature is also Israeli
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Does equality stand a chance?
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For Arab citizens, Israeli government suffers from split personality
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Bedouin leaders: We will die for our land
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The government agencies ignore you? Meet the 11 most promising young public servants in Israel
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48 Human Beings were Massacred—and We Have Forgotten Them
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Arab Israelis Shut Out of Tech Boom
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Bill legalizing preferential treatment for Israeli soldiers goes to the Knesset
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Discrimination against Israeli Arabs still rampant, 10 years on
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Arab-Jewish industrial parks: The last chance for economic equality?
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Land, my land: One issue that can be resolved
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A paradise for Jews only
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Jewish towns get up to 14 times more buses than Arab counterparts, report finds
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A dangerous position
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Next stop, in Arabic
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Arabs, the Israeli civil service needs you
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On My Mind: Boosting Arab employment
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Executives, hire Arab workers
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It's time to make Israel's Arabs visible
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Jewish donors can influence Israel's war on Arabic
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Israeli banks won't lend to us, say Arab developers at groundbreaking conference
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Dreams of integration
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NIF asks: Is Israeli democracy at risk?
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Exclusive to Calcalist: 80 percent of the housing tenders in the Arab communities fail
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Encouraging news on Jewish-Arab ties
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Arab social justice needs heard by the gov't-what about J14?
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Eat All You Want on the Ramadan Breakfast Tour in Northern Israel
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Housing for Arabs Too
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Racism in the Yellow Pages: we are all responsible
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Close the Ministry for Arab Affairs
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Time to turn a page
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'Stop for a second and think'
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A call to battle
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UK Task Force interview: Sikkuy
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'Jewish Israel donations must be split equally among Arabs'
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The view from the hilltops
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A frightened nation invents ways to commit suicide
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The plans to revoke citizenship
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Report: Arab children shortchanged by social services
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Civic watchdog: Jews get better legal aid services than Arabs
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From Barriers to Opportunities - 4.8.2010
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They’re destroying citizens, too
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Report: Much-needed tax money funneled away from Arab towns
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The illusion of assistance to the Arabs in Israel
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Joint Jewish-Arab initiatives revitalize neighbor relations in Wadi Ara
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The flip side of charity
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The Jewish majority benefits at the expense of the Arab minority
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The State discriminates against Arab local authorities
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NGO's Jewish-Arab index: socioeconomic gaps growing
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sikkuy equality index - November 18th 2009
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In praise of full equality
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The cry of a persecuted minority
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Appoint Arab judges
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Strangers in their own land
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The Bedouin do not represent a threat to the periphery
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Racist legislation is bad for public relations. And what about humaneness?
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When fear fuels the discrimination
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Stopping racism
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In sickness and in health
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Repairing past injustices
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The politics of hatred
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The disqualification is a basic erosion of Israel’s democracy
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Umm al-Fahm invites Jews ahead of rightist rally
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The Parade of the Right: Legal but Odious
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The facts speak for themselves
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Don't put life in Acre back on track
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Ensuring them their rightful share
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Study: Israeli Jews live nearly 4 years longer than Israeli Arabs
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The 'nations test'
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Introducing Arab Industrial Areas
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Boycotts aren't the answer
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Local Arab government: A chronic crisis demands immediate intervention
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The Or Commission laid to rest
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Arabs here to stay
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Fair education for all
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The government discriminates against Arab communities
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Citizenship for Jews only?
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Report: Majority of Israeli Arabs are not part of labor force
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Study: Israeli Jews live four years longer than Israeli Arabs
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Commission of Inquiry needed to study discrimination against Israeli Arabs
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Israeli-Arab test case
Arab and Jewish municipal heads in the Wadi Ara region are attempting to create a stable civilian foundation in their area as a fair basis for coexistence. They cooperate for the sake of equal development in the areas of industry, tourism, and the environment. As part of the joint forum's activity, and with the support of outgoing Tourism Minister Herzog, officials at the Arab-Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm worked last week on a project that would turn the peak of Mount Alexander, located within the town's boundaries, into a tourism site that draws visitors. For the government, this project offers two opportunities: Both for economic development (as opposed to relaying on the welfare system) and for fulfilling its duty to serve all Israeli citizens regardless of their religion or ethnicity. However, very soon the tourism portfolio will be handed over to the Israel Our Home party. Will the new minister thwart this tourism project? During the pre-election campaign, Israel Our Home leader Lieberman engaged in debate regarding the de-legitimization of Arab-Israel citizenship. Several months ago he even managed to enter the coalition through the "strategic threats" window of opportunity. The prime minister made clear back then that Israel Our Home joining the government does not change its basic lines, including the participation of Arab citizens in any development plan. Now, the government presence of Israel Our Home is expanding beyond the "strategic threats" arena to responsibility for developing economic growth ventures. Therefore, Olmert's test is to prove that Israel Our Home's presence in the government would not undermine the policy adopted in the past year of promoting the development of Arab communities. The burden of proof is on Olmert now to show that when it comes to Umm al-Fahm and other Arab communities, his government indeed intends to promote growth ventures. Compelling challenge Symbolically, the Mount Alexander peak in Umm al-Fahm offers a good observation point to the beach in Caesarea to the West and to the Jezreel Valley on the east. If one turns around one can notice to the south both Jenin and the Samaria mountains in the West Bank. However, the choice made by town residents and their Jewish neighbors is unequivocal: The point of view, as well as the joint construction, is in the direction of the State of Israel, with all the implications this entails. This angle was also seen by the many visitors who in the past weekend visited the modern art gallery in Umm al-Fahm and walked around and ate in town after the exhibition was inaugurated. This angle is the determining factor and it conveys no doubt when it comes to Arab citizens belonging to the State of Israel, or the State's duty to invest in them. Will this be the point of view also adopted by the Tourism Ministry in Jerusalem under Minister Esterina Tartman? If the development venture on Mount Alexander will continue to enjoy the sympathy of ministry economists, we would be able to say that in this case at least the government met the test. The challenge is serious and compelling. We can just hope that the government's investment in Israeli Arabs won't be again directed to Isaac Herzog – this time in his new post of welfare minister. Yet there's nothing to worry about: Even in his new post, Herzog has plenty of work awaiting him in closing the gaps between Arab and Jewish communities. The writer is the co-director of Sikkuy, the Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality in Israel
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Let's see you be an Arab for a week
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Trampling its own laws
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Money not only for Jews
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After the war, equality between Arabs and Jews should be rehabilitated
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He totally ignores the Arab citizens
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Yes, this is Zionism
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Beware demographic hysteria
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U.S. Jewish community's new mission: Equality between Israeli Jews and Arabs
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Entering turbulent waters, U.S. Jews launch task force to aid Israeli Arabs
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Report: Arab representation still lacking
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Not enough
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Group fights for equal rights for Israeli Arabs
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Jews and Arabs pin tourism hopes on Wadi Ara Trail
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The Herzliya Conference for delegitimization
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Don’t vote for racism
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Gov’t assailed for underrepresentation of Arabs, Muslims
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Still discriminated against
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Delegation: Improve Israeli Arabs’ Status
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AJCommittee guests hold controversial meeting with Umm al-Fahm mayor
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From them, we’re not disengaging
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Time to rescue the discourse
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It’s time to disengage from discrimination too
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Wadi Ara mayors plan trade zone
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A good neighbor program for Jews and Arabs
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Share and share alike
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