Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation Conference: Arab Politics in Israel in the Aftermath of the 18th Knesset Elections

Mar 24 2009 -

The Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation held a conference on Arab Politics in Israel in the Aftermath of the 18th Knesset Elections

Below is the program of the evening:

16:00 – 17:30
First Session: Results of the Elections in the Arab and Druze sector

Chairperson:
Mr. Ephraim Lavie (Tel Aviv University)
Greetings:
Dr. Lars Hänsel, Director of KAS, Israel Office
Prof. Eyal Zisser, Head of the Moshe Dayan Center
Lecturers:

  • Mr. Arik Rudnitzky (Tel Aviv University) - Results of the Knesset Elections in the Arab and Druze Sector
  • Mr. Salim Brake (University of Haifa and the Truman Institute) - Representation without Voice: the Druze Vote in the Knesset Elections
  • Dr. Mary Totry (Oranim College) - Arab Women in Israeli Politics: From Behind the Scenes to Center Stage

17:30 – 18:00
Coffee Break

18:00 – 20:00
Second Session: Arab and Jews in Israeli Politics

Chairperson:
Mr. Mohammad Darawshe (Co-Executive Director, The Abraham Fund Initiatives)

Lecturers:

  • Dr. Ilana Kaufman (Open University) - Escalation of National Minority Demands: The 'Future Vision' Documents 2006-2007
  • Ms. Abir Kopty (Mossawa Center) - Hadash: Politics of Joint action in the Shadow of Segregation
  • Dr. Ilan Saban (University of Haifa) - "No Loyalty, No Citizenship" – A Legalist's Perspective

Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Location: Berger Auditorium (Room 223), Guilman Building, Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University