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A New Relationship between Arab Israelis and Jewish Israelis

At the height of the corona epidemic, Israel’s Arabs and Jews discovered a commonality they have never shared before.

Tziona Koenig-Yair, Yossi Klein Halevi, Mohammad Darawshe

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020

Adv. Tziona Koenig-Yair is the Director-General of the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs in the Israeli government. She was formerly a Vice President and Director of the Center for Israeli Jewish Identity at the Shalom Hartman Institute. Previously, Tziona was National Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) in the Israeli government. The EEOC is a government body enforcing equal opportunities in the labor market on many grounds of discrimination including race, nationality, religion, and

Yossi Klein Halevi

Mohammad Darawshe

Covid-19, Shared Society, All Together Now, Judaism and Modernity, Video

Israel After Corona: A New Relationship between Arab Israelis and Jewish Israelis

At the height of the corona epidemic, Israel’s Arabs and Jews discovered a commonality they have never shared before.

In this session, Yossi Klein Halevi and Mohammad Darawshe – in a conversation moderated by Tziona Koenig-Yair – explore how Israeli society can turn that experience into unexpected opportunities for acceptance of Arab Israeli citizens into the mainstream.