Issue No. 1 includes the following articles: Asa’d Ghanem’s “The Palestinian Local Government in Israel,” Amal Jamal’s “The Self-Empowerment of the Emerging Arab NGO Sector in Israel,” Yair Boimel’s “The Military Government (Information Paper),” Ameer Makhoul’s “Civil Society Organizations and Their Impact on Collective Palestinian Action inside the Green Line,” and Muhammad Amara’s “The Higher Follow-Up Committee for the Arab Citizens in Israel (Information Paper).”