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2010 One Year to Netanyahu's Government and the Arab Citizens Report ﻣﺮآﺰ ﻣﺴﺎواة Mossawa Center מרכז מוסאוא One Year for Israel’s New Government and the Arab Minority in Israel April 2010 1 Researched and written by: Liora Norwich, Adam Penman, Shiri Raphaely, Faten Saleh & Adrieh Abou Shehadeh The Mossawa Center would like to acknowledge the following for their contribution to this document: Adella Biadi-Shlon, Jafar Farah, Rania Laham-Grayeb, Nidal Othman and Mbarak Zahran This report was produced with thanks to the generous financial support of: The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of the Mossawa Center, and do not reflect the position of the OSI or any of our supporting foundations. Copyright © April 2010 All rights reserved. Published in Haifa, Israel by The Mossawa Center, the Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens in Israel 5 St. Luke’s St, P.O. Box 4471 31043 Haifa, Israel www.mossawa.org [email protected] Tel: 00972-4-855-5901 Fax: 00972-4-855-2772 2 BOARD Mr. Tarek Bashir Accountant and Advocate Dr. Khaled Furani Anthropologist Mr. Ahmad Ghazawi Advocate Mr. Salim Hawilah Economist Dr. Anwar Jammal Dermatologist and Expert in Sexually Transmitted Diseases Mr. Shafik Said Ahmad Computer Engineer Ms. Shadia Sbet Group Facilitator Dr. Mary Totri Lecturer in Media Studies Ms. Rola Zoabi Engineer STAFF Jafar Farah Director Adella Biadi-Shlon Deputy Director, Social Economic Justice Project Coordinator Rania Laham-Grayeb Deputy Director, International Advocacy & Development Coordinator Amin Fares Economist, Director of Social Economic Justice Unit Nidal Othman Legal Advisor, Social Economic Justice Unit Tamer Massalha Legal Advisor, Racism and IHL Projects Ranin Tabarani Office Manager Simon Jadon Accountant Said Karam Audio-visual Documentation & Webmaster Mbarak Zahran Youth Project Coordinator & Archive Coordinator Liora Norwich Resource Development & International Advocacy Associate Shiri Raphaely Resource Development Assistant Faten Saleh International Advocacy Assistant EXTERNAL AUDITOR Izzat Shlon C.P.A 3 4 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 ISRAEL'S 2009 GOVERNMENT – AN ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST YEAR ....................................................... 9 BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ISRAEL’S 2009 ELECTIONS .......................................................................................................... 9 COMPOSITION OF THE 2009 COALITION ....................................................................................................................... 9 THE CABINET ............................................................................................................................................................. 10 THE OPPOSITION ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT LEADING TO THE FEBRUARY 2009 ELECTIONS ........................ 11 The October 2008 Events in Acre ................................................................................................................... 11 Racial incitement from Political Leadership ................................................................................................. 12 The War on Gaza ............................................................................................................................................ 12 The Central Elections Committee ban on Arab parties ................................................................................. 13 Stagnation of the Middle East Peace Process ................................................................................................ 13 KEY PORTFOLIOS .................................................................................................................................................... 14 FOREIGN MINISTER .................................................................................................................................................... 14 MINISTER FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MINISTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEGEV AND GALILEE ........ 14 MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS .............................................................................................................................. 15 MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS ............................................................................................................................... 16 MINISTER OF JUSTICE ................................................................................................................................................. 17 MINISTER OF EDUCATION .......................................................................................................................................... 18 MINISTER OF CULTURE AND SPORTS ......................................................................................................................... 19 RACIAL AND POLITICAL INCITEMENT ........................................................................................................... 21 FOREIGN MINISTER LIEBERMAN ................................................................................................................................ 21 MAINSTREAMING THE IDEA OF ETHNIC TRANSFER ................................................................................................... 21 INTERNAL SECURITY MINISTER AHARONOVITCH USES ANTI-ARAB SLANG .............................................................. 22 HOUSING MINISTER ARIEL ATIAS ACTS AGAINST INTEGRATION ............................................................................. 23 SETTLER RABBI: ISRAEL MUST “JUDAIZE” NAZARETH ILLIT .................................................................................... 23 UMM AL-FAHEM AND INCITEMENT ............................................................................................................................ 24 RACIST GRAFFITI IN ISRAELI CITIES ........................................................................................................................... 25 RACISM IN FOOTBALL 2009 ....................................................................................................................................... 25 RACIAL AND POLITICAL INCITEMENT AGAINST OTHER COMMUNITIES IN ISRAEL ...................................................... 25 DISCRIMINATORY LEGISLATION AND POLICY IN 2009 ............................................................................. 27 Bill to revoke citizenship ................................................................................................................................. 28 Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law ............................................................................................................ 28 Bill to outlaw Nakba mourning ...................................................................................................................... 29 Bill to criminalize publicly denying Israel's right to define itself as a Jewish State ..................................... 30 Bill to discriminate in the allocation of child allowances ............................................................................. 30 Bill to establish a Loyalty Oath ...................................................................................................................... 31 JEWISH NATIONAL FUND: LAND SWAPS AND ORGANIZED DISCRIMINATION ............................................................. 31 PROPOSITION TO UNIFORMLY HEBRAICIZE ROAD SIGNS ............................................................................................ 32 USING MILITARY SERVICE AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR DISCRIMINATION ...................................................................... 32 LACK OF EMERGENCY FACILITIES IN ARAB LOCALITIES ............................................................................................ 33 POLICE SIMULATE MAJOR RIOTS: PROVOKING ATMOSPHERE OF FEAR ....................................................................... 34 EXTREMISTS GROUPS ACTING AGAINST MIXED MARRIAGES ...................................................................................... 35 LEGITIMACY FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST ARAB CITIZENS ......................................................................... 36 THE GHANAYEM CASE ............................................................................................................................................... 36 THE HUSSEIN AL-ATRASH CASE ................................................................................................................................ 37 THE “DROMI LAWS” ................................................................................................................................................... 37 THE NATAN ZADA CASE ............................................................................................................................................. 37 THE MOHAMMED MANSUR CASE ............................................................................................................................... 38 STATE INFRINGEMENT ON BASIC CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS ...................................................... 39 RESTRICTIONS ON THE FREEDOMS OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS ..................................................................... 39 5 Proposed legislation to restrict foreign funding to Human Rights NGOs ...................................................
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