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What does Recognizing Israel as a Jewish State Mean?

Posted in National Security, tagged , , , , , on June 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Although PM Netanyahu placed the need for Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state as a pre-condition for resuming the political process, the Israeli government does not seem to have offered a clear idea of what this demand actually means according to Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kohout.

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Diversifying Jobs among Israeli Arab Men – a Means to Economic Integration?

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , , , , on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In addition to focusing on the relative lack of participation of Arab women and Ultra Orthodox men in the work force, the 2008 Bank of Israel report also identifies an unusual pattern among Arab men that needs to be addressed.

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Integrating Israel’s Arab Citizens

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Reut Institute recently completed a document which deals with the challenge of socially and economically integrating Israel’s Arab citizens as part of generating a socio-economic leapfrog that will place Israel among the leading 15 nations in the world in terms of quality of life.

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Israeli Arabs and the Palestinian People’s Right to Self Determination

Posted in National Security, tagged , , on December 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Statements by Tzipi Livni and Ahmad Tibi regarding Israeli Arabs touch on the question of whether a Palestinian state would fulfill the Palestinian peoples’ right to self determination.

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Is an Arab Woman’s Place in the Home?

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , on December 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Speaking at the beauty pageant of the Arab sector, Israel’s Culture Minister Raleb Majadele said that the duty of an Arab woman should be to build a good family, to be an aide to her husband and to stand by him. This issue links to both the external and communal obstacles preventing the integration of [...]

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Israeli Arabs: Towards Integration?

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The gaps between the Jewish and Arab population in Israel are significant in terms of GDP per Capita. Yet while closing these gaps and utilizing the economic potential of the Arab sector depends primarily on governmental policies, it also requires dealing with communal obstacles within Arab society.  

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Israeli Arabs: Internationalizing the Issue?

Posted in Basic Delegitimacy, National Security, tagged , , , on October 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Attempts by the Israeli Arab leadership to establish an independent inquiry committee comprising international experts to investigate the events of October 2000 is another sign on the increasing internationalization of this issue.

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Islamic Movement in Israel: Filling the Vacuum

Posted in National Security, tagged , , , on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Jerusalem Post discusses Israel’s Islamic Movement saying that in addition to political activism, both the southern and the more radical northern branch of the Islamic Movement are working hard in the social welfare sphere to occupy every vacuum that the government has failed to fill.

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Israel at 60 (4): Reut, the Economist, Israeli Arabs and the Ultra Orthodox

Posted in About Reut, ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , on May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Economist explains that two sectors of Israeli society do not take a full part in the work force – the Ultra Orthodox and Israeli Arabs. Unless more of them start working “economists fear that…growth will be sluggish and the taxes of those who do work will have to support an even heavier burden” The [...]

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