TASK FORCE ACTIVITIES
Shared Communities to Shared Society: Israeli Changemakers discuss Jewish-Arab Relations | Oct. 23:  

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Samah Salaime and Lihi Joffe will speak to the Peninsula Jewish Community Center about majority-minority relations and prospects for the future. 

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Israel's Bedouin Community: Government Investment and Grassroots Initiatives | Sept. 13:  

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Join The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and the Greater Washington Forum on Arab Israeli Issues for a special briefing about the challenges, opportunities, and changing realities of Israel's Bedouin community.

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Upcoming Visitors:  

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Contact the Task Force for more information about speakers coming to the US. 

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Inter-Agency Task Force Annual Meeting | Dec. 16:  

Join us for a day of shared learning and discussion about the status of Jewish-Arab and state-minority relations following Israel's back-to-back elections and their relevance to American Jewish discourse on Israel. 

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ISRAEL UPDATES
2018 Personal Security Index: Violence, Crime and Policing in Arab Towns:  

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The index offers recommendations to improve personal security for Arab society, lower the availability of illegal firearms and increase the level of trust in Israeli police. 

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First Guidebook and Conference on Joint Jewish-Arab NGO Leadership:  

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First guidebook of its kind addresses complexities of joint leadership and offers approaches and tools to help make it effective.

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Arab Mayors' Forum Convenes Conference with Government on GR-922 Challenges:  

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Arab local leadership and high-level Israeli government officials explored progress and barriers in economic development in three-day conference.

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IN THE MEDIA
Court Overrules Arab Israeli Town Decision to Ban Rapper Over Purported Indecent Lyrics
Haaretz August 22, 2019
Israeli Arab Party Leader Signals Historic Shift and Brews a Political Storm
Haaretz August 22, 2019
Jewish Residents Allege Illegal Construction by Neighboring Arab Town, in Bid to Keep It at a Distance
Haaretz August 22, 2019
Israeli Arab City Disinvites Rapper Over 'Unacceptable' Messages of Social Equality
Haaretz August 21, 2019
'We Can't Do It Alone': Arab Slate Launches Campaign to Win Over Jewish Votes
Haaretz August 21, 2019
Yamina Knesset hopeful accused of anti-Arab racism over old tweet
The Times of Israel August 20, 2019
Supreme Court: Arabs prevented from buying home were discriminated against
Ynet News August 20, 2019
Arab Israeli Woman Stabbed to Death in Front of Kids; Husband Arrested
Haaretz August 19, 2019
Arab Israeli Leader Urges Barak to Drop Out of Israeli Election Over Comments on Arab Protesters
Haaretz August 17, 2019
Nation-state law to be included in Israeli high school curriculum - report
The Times of Israel August 16, 2019
Druze officer appointed military secretary to President Rivlin
The Times of Israel August 15, 2019
Druze MDA Volunteers Collected Thousands of Food Items for Needy Families
Jewish Press August 14, 2019
Israel to Let Unrecognized Bedouin Village Have School After Years of Civil Struggle
Haaretz August 14, 2019
Likuds election cameras motivated by desire to suppress Arab vote, expert says
The Times of Israel August 13, 2019
Netanyahu Loyalist Calls for Cameras at All Polling Stations in Heated Knesset Discussion
Haaretz August 12, 2019
Israeli-Arab Man Gets Rejected by Country Club. His Lawyer Then Poses as a Jew and Gets In
Haaretz August 11, 2019