Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues Annual Study Trip to

SUNDAY

6:30pm Opening Dinner (Pacific Hall) Current Realities: Jewish-Arab Relations in Israel o MK Professor Avishay Braverman, Minister of Minority Affairs (Labor)

MONDAY - Day Tour of the North: Visions of Cooperation and Integration

Integration of the Arab minority into mainstream Israeli society is often seen as the antidote to the current realities of separation and inequality. Integration is often presented as being a desirable goal, which is both at the interest of the Arab community and of the State of Israel. At the same time, for many, integration has clear limitations – e.g. not everyone wants to study in mixed schools or even live in mixed communities, almost no one from both communities wants to promote the integration of identities or – at the extreme - intermarriages. This day will examine what integration looks like on the ground – in mixed cities and in neighboring Jewish and Arab communities. Over the course of the day we will explore different visions of integration and possible mechanisms for making integration a reality.

8:00 - 9:00 am Briefing at the hotel (Pacific Hall) A Practical Approach to Mixed Cities and Regions o Amnon Beeri-Sulitzeanu and Mohammed Darawshe, Co-Executive Directors, The Abraham Fund Initiatives

9:00 - 11:00 am Drive to Akko Briefings on the way: The Socio-Economic Status of Israeli in 2010 o Prof. Jack Habib, Director, Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute

Current Realities in the Galilee o Fathi Marshoud, Head of Shatil's Office

11:00 - 11:20 am – El Laz Theater Welcome and Opening Remarks (Coffee and light refreshments served)

11:20 am - 12:00 pm Guided tour of Akko’s old city (in two groups) with local Israeli Arab activists o Ms. Reem Hazan, local activist and Director of Mubadara, the Arab Emergency Center

1 o Mr. Sami Hawari, Director, Al Yater Association, the Association for Promoting Cultural and Social Development

12:00 - 1:00 pm Visit Ort Helmi Shafie School Ort Shafie is the major Israeli Arab high school in Akko with over 90% of the city's Arab youth attending there. o Meet with Ghadir Shafie, teacher, and other teachers and students to discuss education and youth in Akko

1:00 - 1:15 pm Drive to Ushpizin restaurant

1:15 - 2:30 pm Lunch and presentations o Director General of the Akko Municipality, Mr. Ohad Segev o Zoheir Bahalul, esteemed journalist, media personality, the voice of Israeli soccer commentary, and Akko resident

2:30 - 3:30 pm Drive to Nazareth Afternoon devoted to integration in the economy, education and health

3:30 - 4:15 pm Opening remarks o Mr. Ramez Jeraysi, Mayor of Nazareth and Chairman of the Council of Arab Mayors at Nazareth Municipality

4:30 - 6:45 pm Divide into three groups and visit three cutting edge projects focused on employment, early childhood education and higher education o High Tech & Employment – visit Tsofen High Technology Centers with Co-Directors, Ms. Smadar Nehab, Mr. Yossi Koten and Mr. Sami Sa'adi, and learn about the new industrial zone being constructed in Nazareth, by its Director and Tsofen Board Member, Mr. Shauqi Khateeb o Early Childhood Education – visit Al Tufula Center with its Director, Dr. Nabila Espanioly o Higher Education – visit the new Nazareth Academic Institute being established at the Taufiq Ziad campus with Dr. Raed Moualem, Senior Vice President and Provost and Dr. Shani Payes, Head of Peace Studies

6:45 - 7:00pm Drive to the Golden Crown Hotel and Resort (Nazareth)

7:00 - 8:30 pm

2 Over dinner Up-and-Coming Israeli Arab Leaders: Next Generation Perspectives from Young Israeli Arabs o Ms. Ghaida Rinawe Zoabi, Director, INJAZ, Center for Professional Arab Local Governance o Dr. Aziz Shoufani, Head of Plastic Surgery Services, Ha'emeq Hospital o Adv. Abbas Abbas, Director of Al Manar Association and representative of JDC-Israel’s Massira program for the Advancement of People with Disabilities in the Arab Society

8:30 - 10:00 pm Drive back to Herzliya

TUESDAY– Media, Education, Municipal cooperation and Women in the Area The "Triangle" area is one of the most important regions as far as Jewish-Arab relations are concerned. While most tours focus on , we will visit the westernmost part of this region, focusing on four central issues – media, education, municipal cooperation and the status of women.

Please enjoy breakfast on your own at hotel prior to the morning briefing (Hemingway Hall)

9:00 - 10:00 am Briefing at the hotel (Typhoon Hall) Arab Citizens in Israel’s Mainstream Media; Media in Israel o Anat Saragusti, Director of Agenda, Israeli Center for Strategic Communications o Suhail Karem, Director, Radio A-Shams* ("Sun Radio"), Arabic Regional Radio *Radio A-Shams was legally established in July 2003 and broadcasts from Nazareth. This is the only regional Arabic radio and the only legal private Arabic radio operating in Israel. o Fadul Mizzawi, Founder and CEO, Mazzawi Advertising Group and the head of the planning/creative team. Mazzawi Advertising Group is one of the leading advertising agencies in the Arab sector in Israel.

10:00 - 10:45 am Drive to Al Qassemi Academic College of Education, Baqa El Gharbiya

10:45 am - 11:30 am Welcoming remarks and introduction to the college o Dr. Dalia Fadila, Dean of Students and Assistant to the President

Presentation regarding Al Qassemi’s Bidayat Early Childhood Center o Prof. Margalit Ziv, Head of the Early Childhood Department o Arij Massarwa, Center Director, and Yehudit Shvili, Price Foundation

11:30 - 11:45 am Tour of Al Qassemi Academic College of Education o Dr. Dalia Fadila, Dean of Students and Assistant to the President

11:45 am - 1:00 pm

3 Panel on Women’s Empowerment

Moderator: Dr. Dalia Fadila, Dean of Students and Assistant to the President, Al Qassemi Academic College of Education o Women's Economic Development: Ms. Shuruq Ismail, Yad Hanadiv – Rothschild Foundation o Community Mobilization and Transportation: Ms. Rula Deeb, Executive Director, Kayan, a feminist Israeli Arab organization o Economic Empowerment for Israeli Arab Women: Hiba Bidassi, Head of the Baqa Group of Sharikat Haya Employment Project, JDC-TEVET

1:00 - 1:15 pm Drive to

1:15 - 1:30 pm Welcome and introduction to Givat Haviva's work and the Jewish-Arab Center o Avshalom (Abu) Vilan, Chairmen of HAVATZELET Cultural and Educational Institutions, Chairman of the Israeli Farmers Association, former Meretz MK (1999 – 2009)

1:30 - 2:30 pm Lunch at Givat Haviva with participants and facilitators of Givat Haviva's educational and dialogue programs

2:30 - 3:45 pm Discussion on Municipal Cooperation Moderator: Ali Haider, Co-Director of Sikkuy, the Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality o Ron Gerlitz,Co-Director of Sikkuy, the Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality o Ilan Sade, Head of and Mustafa Galoun, Deputy Mayor of Umm El Fahm

3:45 - 4:00 pm Coffee break

4:00 - 5:15 pm Panel discussion on education for coexistence and shared society Rationale: the issue of education for coexistence gained prominence last year with the submission of an extensive report prepared by a high-level Jewish-Arab committee, nominated by then Minister of Education, Prof. Yuli Tamir, which included detailed recommendations on how to integrate coexistence and tolerance issues into Israel's formal education system. Dialogue and encounters between Jewish and Arab youngsters were key recommendations of the report.

Moderator: Miriam Dagan, Director, Noa/Nuha, Center for Women and Gender Studies, Givat Haviva o Prof. Gabbi Salomon, Chairman of the Education for Co-Existence Committee o Adar Cohen, Head of Civic Education Unit, Ministry of Education Mike Prashker, Executive Director, Merchavim, the Institute for the Advancement of Shared Citizenship in Israel

4 5:15 - 6:00 pm Drive back to the hotel/time to freshen up

6:45 pm Depart for dinner at the Blue Corner, Air Force House, Herzliya

7:00 - 9:00 pm An Evening with Israeli Philanthropists: Hosted by Dov Lautman in cooperation with the Jewish Funders Network

Discussion with Israeli philanthropists on our common commitment and various perspectives regarding Israeli Arab Issues

Speakers include: o Jeff Solomon, the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies o Stuart Brown, the Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation o Ronit Amit, Gandyr Foundation o Noam Lautman, Lautman Fund

9:00 pm Return to the hotel Debrief

WEDNESDAY - Jaffa, Economic Development and the Druze Community

Please enjoy breakfast on your own prior to departure for Jaffa (Hemingway Hall)

9:00 - 10:00 am Drive to Jaffa Briefing on the way by Ali Waked, journalist at YNET (online version of Yediot Ahronot) and a Jaffa native

10:00 - 12:00 pm Introduction to the Work of the Arab-Jewish Community Center and of the Citizens' Accord Forum: Developing Shared Community Life in a Mixed City o Ibrahim Abu Shindi, Executive Director of the Arab-Jewish Community Center and Co- Director of the Citizens' Accord Forum o Udi Cohen, Co-Director of the Citizens' Accord Forum

Walk and drive through Jaffa's Ajami neighborhood (the subject of the Oscar nominated Israeli film Ajami), meet with local youth activists

12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch at Dr. Shakshuka

1:00 - 1:15 pm Return to the Arab-Jewish Community Center

5 1:15 - 2:45 pm Panel of experts on Economic Development – Models, programs, projects and initiatives leading to change Moderator: Dr. Sigal Shelah, Director, Programs for Immigrants and Minorities, JDC-Israel TEVET o Ayman Seif, Director, Economic Development Authority in the Minority Sector, PM's Office o Habib Hazzan, Founder and Managing Partner, Al-Bawader Fund o Irit Tamir, CEO and Yael Kohn-Sharon, Manager of Placement Center, Kav Mashve, Employers' Coalition for Equality for Arab University Graduates

2:45 - 3:00 pm Coffee Break

3:00 - 4:30 pm Panel on the Druze community – Current Realities and Trends Moderator: Yeal Neeman, Director, Lautman Fund o Background and Education - Muhana Fares, Head of Druze Education Department, Ministry of Education o Druze women - Dr. Randa Abas, Head of Education Department, Arab Academic College of Education, Haifa; Lecturer, Western Galilee College o Next Generation Visions – Lieutenant Colonel Alaa Abu Ruqun, Future Horizons (NGO representing released soldiers, young voices and future leadership in the Druze community)

4:30 - 5:00 pm Travel back to the hotel

5:00 - 6:15 pm Briefing at the hotel (Typhoon Hall) Visions for the Future of Jewish-Arab Relations in Israel and Jewish Commitment to these Issues o Rachel Liel, Director, New Israel Fund (NIF) o Amram Kalaji, Head of Abu Regional Council and Former Director General of the Ministry of Interior o Moshe Arens, three time Minister of Defense (Likud), former Minister of Foreign Affairs (Likud), former Ambassador to the United States and currently Chairman of the Board of Teuza, a Capital Venture Fund

6:15 - 7:00 pm Break

7:00 - 8:00 pm Dinner at Dan Accadia Hotel (a short walk from the Daniel Hotel)

8:00 - 9:00 pm Concert of the Jewish-Arab Youth Orchestra Opening remarks by Minister Benny Begin (Likud)

The Jewish-Arab Youth Orchestra was established in 2002 and includes about 20 young Jewish and Arab musicians between the ages of 15-30. The orchestra includes instruments that are a mix of east

6 and west and plays both special adaptations of classical and western music, as well as original pieces written especially for it by Jewish and Arab composers. Director: Meir Vizel

The evening will include a discussion with the young Jewish and Arab musicians and with the conductor Prof. Taisser Elias, the Director of Eastern Music Studies at the Music and Dance Academy in Jerusalem and a professor at the Musicology Department at Bar Ilan University.

THURSDAY - The Negev Bedouin: Current Realities, Challenges, Opportunities and Processes of Change

Please enjoy breakfast on your own prior to departure for the Negev (Hemingway Hall)

9:00 - 10:30 am Briefing on the way south: The Bedouin Community and Jewish-Arab Relations in Israel’s South o Amal El Sana Alhjooj and Vivian Silver, Co-Executive Directors of the Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development (NISPED)

10:30 am - 12:30 pm Visit Rahat – one of the two largest Arab cities in Israel (45,000 residents, second only to Nazareth), the only Bedouin city and the poorest Arab city in Israel

Introduction to Rahat: Current Challenges and Vision for the Future o Faiz Abu Zaiban, Mayor of Rahat Short bus tour of the city – including unrecognized neighborhoods and a development project of a new modern neighborhood

Meet local activists working in empowerment projects: o Rashi Foundation: Tafnit for Matriculation in High School-“Last Hurdle”: Yardena Begantz, Deputy Director of Tafnit Program o SAWA, a Micro finance loan program for Bedouin women in the Negev: Chagit Rubinstein, Director and Dr. Nuzhah Elwasayel, Director of Negev Programs o Be'azmi – Employment Initiative: Laila Abu Adra, Director of Rahat Program

12:30 - 1:00 pm Drive to Hura. Hura was established in 1990 and was declared a in 1996. Its population is 12,000.

Briefing on the way: Social Planning Project for the Bedouin Community o Kher Elbaz, Head of Social Services Department at Segev Shalom Regional Council

1:00 - 1:30 pm Current Realities and a Future Vision of Hura o Dr. Muhammed Alnabari, Head of Hura Local Council and Wadi Atir project representative

7 1:30 - 2:30 pm Lunch with: o Osnat Katz, ECHAD Community Coordinator, Lakiya & Abu Basma and Tahane Okbe- Wakele, Social Worker, Lakiya Early Childhood Center, JDC-Israel’s ECHAD Early childhood program o Kher Elbaz, Sami Shamoon Engineering College o Merav Raz, Maan: The Forum of Bedouin Women Organizations o Rula Al Atawana and Keren-Or Regev, Alnuhud: The Association for the Promotion of Bedouin Woman’s Education in the Negev o Mahmood Alamoor, JDC-TEVET's Regional Employment Center for the Bedouin Community o Eran Gilboa, Coordinator of Programs in the Center and South, and Ibrahim Amiterat, Coordinator of Programs in the Abu Basma Regional Council, Education and Social Project, Hapoel Tel Aviv

2:30 - 2:45 pm Presentation of AHD (The Association of the Academic Arabs in the Negev) Scientific High School for Bedouin Children o Dr. Jihad Elsana, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

2:45 - 3:00 pm Drive to A-Sayyed A-Sayyed is a Bedouin village of approximately 3,500 residents of the A-Sayed tribe. The village was recognized in 2006 by the government and is part of the Abu Basma Regional Council.

3:00 - 4:30 pm Walking tour of A-Sayyed o Aharon Zohar, Special Consultant to the Head of Abu Basma Regional Council

Visit local schools and meet with representatives of the Village Council

4:30 - 6:30 pm Drive back to the hotel

7:00 - 7:30 pm Presentation on Social Services to the Arab Community and Farewell Remarks o Minister of Social Welfare Yitzhak (Buji) Herzog (Labor)

7:30 pm Dinner and Final Debrief at the hotel (Typhoon Hall)

9:00 - 10:00 pm Depart for the airport

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