Manarat: The Van Leer Center for Jewish-Arab Relations

Manarat (lighthouses) is a center for Jewish-Arab relations that was established in 2015 by the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. Manarat sheds light on different issues that relate to Jews and Arabs relations and fosters projects that relate to Arab society and its culture, the status and right of Palestinians in Israel, the position of Israel as a part of the Middle East, and its relationships with Arab societies. The center's activities involve rigorous research and critical discourse, aiming to connect between research and practice, to lead sustainable changes. Manarat's projects highlight the challenges facing Israeli and Palestinian society, and search for the methods and principles likely to promote understanding, a shared life, mutual respect, reconciliation, justice, and peace. All projects promote partnerships between Jews and Arabs, Jewish and Arab organizations and research headed equally by Arab and Jewish scholars.