January 2008 Task Force Study Trip - January 7 (Day 1)

From January 6 – 9, 2008, seventy representatives from Canada, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States participated in the Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues’s second study trip to Israel. Recordings of multiple sessions from January 7 (Day 1) are available below.

  1. To learn more about this study trip, click here.
  2. To listen to sessions from Day 2, click here.
  3. To listen to sessions from Day 3, click here.

  1. Historical Overview; Perspective on National, Political and Identity Issues; Status of the Arab Citizens in Light of the Recent Israeli-Palestinian Talks

    Professor Elie Rehkess - Senior Research Fellow, The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies / Director, The Konrad Adenauer Program on Jewish-Arab Cooperation in Israel, Tel Aviv University

    Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues Study Trip – January 2008

    January 7, 2008
  2. Historical Overview; Perspective on National, Political and Identity Issues; Status of the Arab Citizens in Light of the Recent Israeli-Palestinian Talks

    Mohammad Darawshe - Director of External Relations, The Abraham Fund Initiatives

    Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues Study Trip – January 2008

    January 7, 2008
  3. An Overview of Jewish and Arab Communities in the Wadi Ara Region of Israel

    Shuli Dichter - Co-Executive Director, Sikkuy

    Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues Study Trip – January 2008

    January 7, 2008
  4. Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Opening Remarks

    Helmi Kittani - Director, Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development

    Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues Study Trip – January 2008

    January 7, 2008
  5. Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Opening Remarks

    Basher Abdel Raziq - Deputy Mayor, Nazareth

    Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues Study Trip – January 2008

    January 7, 2008
  6. Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Opening Remarks

    Eytan Biderman - Chair, Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development

    Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues Study Trip – January 2008

    January 7, 2008
  7. Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Approaches to Economic and Business Development in the Arab Sector

    Patsy Landa - Social Investor, The Landa Fund for Equal Opportunity

    Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues Study Trip – January 2008

    January 7, 2008
  8. Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Approaches to Economic and Business Development in the Arab Sector

    Dov Lautman - Chairman, Delta Galil Textiles / Founder, The Lautman Foundation

    Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues Study Trip – January 2008

    January 7, 2008
  9. Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Approaches to Economic and Business Development in the Arab Sector

    Professor Yossi Tamir - Director, JDC's TEVET Employment Initiative

    Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues Study Trip – January 2008

    January 7, 2008
  10. Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Approaches to Economic and Business Development in the Arab Sector

    Oren Magnezi - Founding Director, Prime Minister Office's Arab-Israeli Economic Development Agency

    Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues Study Trip – January 2008

    January 7, 2008
  11. Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Integration of Arab Professionals into Appropriate Employment

    Professor Daoud Bshouty - The Technion - Israeli Institute of Technology; Ronen Kochler - Check Point; Smadar Nehab - Tsofen; and Irit Tamir - Kav Mashveh

    Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues Study Trip – January 2008

    January 7, 2008

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Smoking prevalence in the Arab population is much higher than that of the Jewish population: 35.2% compared to 25.6%. (2009)

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