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72-604: Givat Haviva, established in 1949, is the national education, archival, and research center of the Kibbutz Artzi Federation. Givat Haviva was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education for its longstanding work in promoting Jewish-Arab dialogue and reconciliation. The center is named for Haviva Reik , an activist in the Hashomer Hatzair movement, who made aliyah in 1939. She was one of 32 Jewish parachutists from

144-543: A Palestinian component ("Israeli", "Arab", "Arab in Israel", "Israeli Arab"), and 15% chose Palestinian identities without an Israeli component ("Palestinian", "Palestinian Arab"). When these two components are presented as competitors, 69% chose exclusive or primary Palestinian identity, compared with 30% who chose exclusive or primary Israeli Arab identity. 66% of the Arab population agreed that "the identity of 'Palestinian Arab in Israel'

216-417: A Palestinian state would be able to move to Israel. All citizens of Israel, whether Jews or Arabs, would be required to pledge an oath of allegiance to retain citizenship. Those who refuse could remain in Israel as permanent residents. In January 2007 the first non-Druze Arab minister in Israel's history, Raleb Majadele , was appointed minister without portfolio ( Salah Tarif , a Druze , had been appointed

288-591: A broad left-right-center government without consulting the Arab parties, disappointing the Arab community. Tensions between Arabs and the state rose in October 2000 when 12 Arab citizens and one man from Gaza were killed while protesting the government's response to the Second Intifada . In response to this incident, the government established the Or Commission . The events of October 2000 caused many Arabs to question

360-587: A closed military zone, followed by the use of Ottoman legislation on abandoned land to take control of the land. Travel permits, curfews, administrative detentions , and expulsions were part of life until 1966. Arabs who held Israeli citizenship were entitled to vote for the Israeli Knesset . Arab Knesset members have served in office since the First Knesset . The first Arab Knesset members were Amin-Salim Jarjora and Seif el-Din el-Zoubi who were members of

432-475: A key demographic area. The Center runs teacher training programs that draw on modern conflict resolution models and theories to encourage critical thinking and understanding. The Givat Haviva Education Department, part of the Jewish-Arab Center for Peace at Givat Haviva, organizes educational activities that promote equality, mutual recognition, partnership and other elements necessary for the development of

504-537: A main one is that they cannot continue to ignore the Palestinian citizens of Israel. Any solution should include full equality for all citizens as well as the respect and recognition of our rights as a national minority." Some media using the term "Palestinian citizens of Israel" or "Palestinians in Israel" have treated the terms as interchangeable with "Arab citizens of Israel" or "Israeli Arabs", and have not discussed whether Druze and Circassians are exceptions. such as

576-456: A majority of Israeli Arabs condemned the 7 October massacre , but also opposed the mass bombardment of Gaza. Many Israeli Arabs expressed a general resentment over the war, as other Palestinians regarded them as supporters of Israel, whereas Israeli Jews saw them as potential Hamas supporters. In 2006, the official number of Arab residents in Israel – including East Jerusalem and Golan Heights permanent residents many of whom are not citizens –

648-461: A member of the Palestinian people, a son of this Palestinian homeland. And whether we like it or not, the State of Israel, with its identity, was established inside the Palestinian homeland," Sami Abu Shehadeh of Balad is "an outspoken advocate of Palestinian identity". He says, referring to the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis , "... If the past weeks provided lessons for the international community, then

720-575: A minister without portfolio in 2001). The appointment was criticized by the left, which felt it was an attempt to cover up the Labor Party's decision to sit with Yisrael Beiteinu in the government, and by the right, who saw it as a threat to Israel's status as a Jewish state . In 2021, Mansour Abbas , the leader of the United Arab List , made history by becoming the first Israeli Arab political leader to join an Israeli governing coalition . During

792-572: A platform promising to improve personal security and oversees law enforcement. Prominent organized crime families among Israeli Arabs include Al-Hariri, Bakri, Jarushis, and the Druze Abu Latifs. Since the outbreak of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war , Israel has carried out mass arrests and detentions of Palestinian workers and Arab citizens of Israel. On 5 November 2023, CNN reported that "dozens" of Palestinian residents and Arab Israelis were arrested in Israel for expressions of solidarity with

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864-496: A political or national identification, obscuring their Palestinian identity and connection to Palestine . The term Israeli Arabs in particular is viewed as a construct of the Israeli authorities. It is nonetheless used by a significant minority of the Arab population, "reflecting its dominance in Israeli social discourse." Between 1920 and 1948, in what was then Mandatory Palestine , all citizens were known as Palestinians, and

936-629: A protest against land expropriations and house demolitions. The date of the protest, 30 March, has since been commemorated annually as Land Day . The 1980s saw the birth of the Islamic Movement . As part of a larger trend in the Arab World , the movement emphasized moving Islam into the political realm. They built schools, provided other essential social services, constructed mosques, and encouraged prayer and conservative Islamic dress. The Islamic Movement began to affect electoral politics particularly at

1008-579: A reflection of differences in perception of the purpose and outcomes of the war. In the aftermath of the 1947–49 war, the territory previously administered by the British Empire as Mandatory Palestine was de facto divided into three parts: the State of Israel, the Jordanian -held West Bank, and the Egyptian -held Gaza Strip. Of the estimated 950,000 Arabs that lived in the territory that became Israel before

1080-651: A right-wing political party Yisrael Beiteinu , to join his coalition government. The party leader, Avigdor Lieberman , advocated an ethnicity based territory exchange, the Lieberman Plan , by transferring heavily populated Arab areas (mainly the Triangle ), to Palestinian Authority control and annexing major Jewish Israeli settlement blocs in the West Bank close to the green line as part of a peace proposal. Arabs who would prefer to remain in Israel instead of becoming citizens of

1152-411: A rigorous regime of military rule that dominated what remained of the Arab population in territory ruled by Israel, enabling the state to expropriate most Arab-owned land, severely limit its access to investment capital and employment opportunity, and eliminate virtually all opportunities to use citizenship as a vehicle for gaining political influence'. A variety of Israeli legislative measures facilitated

1224-556: A shared destiny when it comes to the specific regional space inhabited by both Jews and Arabs. Work is conducted in partnership with mayors, municipal education department heads, school principals, administrators and teachers in the region. The Education Department works in partnership with other organizations to advocate for support with the Ministry of Education in holding conferences and implementing nationwide programs for youth and teacher training activities. The Center runs programs for

1296-472: A shared society. As part of its regional strategy, the Education Department focuses on the geographical area in which Givat Haviva is situated informed by the notion that cooperation in dealing with regional challenges can help develop another layer of identity not connected to national identity. As such, regional strategies can foster new attitudes and perceptions regarding the "other" and a feeling of

1368-455: A variety of experiential learning programs are offered for overseas visitors, including seminars, study tours, Arab language study program for English speakers and conflict resolution & mediation studies. In 2001, Givat Haviva received the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education for its longstanding work in promoting Jewish-Arab dialogue and reconciliation. In 2016, the Austrian government awarded

1440-845: A wide variety of self-identification: as Israeli or "in Israel"; as Arabs, Palestinians, or Israelis; and as Muslims , Christians or Druze . The choice of terms to refer to Arab citizens of Israel is a highly politicized issue, and there is a broad range of labels that members of this community use to self-identity. Generally speaking, supporters of Israel tend to use Israeli Arab or Arab Israeli to refer to this population without mentioning Palestine, while critics of Israel (or supporters of Palestinians) tend to use Palestinian or Palestinian Arab without referencing Israel. According to The New York Times , most preferred to identify themselves as Palestinian citizens of Israel rather than as Israeli Arabs, as of 2012. The New York Times uses both 'Palestinian Israelis' and 'Israeli Arabs' to refer to

1512-437: Is "an inclusive term used by Israel that describes a number of different and primarily Arabic-speaking groups, including Muslim Arabs", Christian Arabs, Druze and Circassians. They further stated that "considering the number of those defined as Muslim Arabs and Christian Arabs together, the population of Palestinian citizens of Israel amounted to around 1.8 million" in 2019. There are at least two terms which specifically exclude

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1584-454: Is appropriate to most Arabs in Israel." According to a 2020 survey by Camil Fuchs of Tel-Aviv University , 51% of Arabs identify as Arab-Israeli, 7% identify as Palestinian, 23% identify as Israeli, 15% identify as Arab, and 4% identify as "other." This significantly differs from their 2019 survey, in which 49% identified as Arab-Israeli, 18% as Palestinian, 27% as Arab, and 5% as Israeli. Common practice in contemporary academic literature

1656-637: Is mostly Levantine Arabic , including Lebanese Arabic in northern Israel, Palestinian Arabic in central Israel, and Bedouin Arabic across the Negev . Because the modern Arabic dialects of Israel's Arabs have absorbed many Hebrew loanwords and phrases, it is sometimes called the Israeli Arabic dialect . By religious affiliation, the majority of Arab Israelis are Muslims, but there are significant Christian and Druze minorities, among others. Arab citizens of Israel have

1728-484: Is the creation of inter-community frameworks that facilitate joint initiatives. Communities are linked through bilateral pairs as well as multi-lateral regional clusters to advance peaceful economic and social development on a national scale. Givat Haviva established a partnership between the Jewish town of Pardes Hanna-Karkur (population – 32,000) and the neighboring Arab village of Kafr Kara (population – 17,000). Based on

1800-488: Is to identify this community as Palestinian as it is how the majority self-identify (See Self-Identification for more). Terms preferred by most Arab citizens to identify themselves include Palestinians , Palestinians in Israel , Israeli Palestinians , the Palestinians of 1948 , Palestinian Arabs , Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel or Palestinian citizens of Israel . There are, however, individuals from among

1872-651: Is underway between the Arab Local Council of Zemer (4 villages) and the Jewish Regional Council of Emek Hefer (17 communities). Situated in the Wadi Ara region, these communities were strategically chosen due to the proposals of land swaps in this area in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process . It is expected that these pairs will advance the program to embody a cluster of communities in

1944-408: The 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis widespread protests and riots intensified across Israel, particularly in cities with large Arab populations. In Lod, rocks were thrown at Jewish apartments and some Jewish residents were evacuated from their homes by the police. Synagogues and a Muslim cemetery were vandalized. Communal violence including "riots, stabbings, arson, attempted home invasions and shootings"

2016-754: The Amnesty International 2022 report "Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime against Humanity", the organization excludes the Israeli Arab Druze and non-Arab Circassians from the term Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel: The Washington Post included the Druze among the Palestinians. The Council of Foreign Relations stated:"The majority of Arab citizens are Sunni Muslims, though there are many Christians and also Druze, who more often embrace Israeli identity." The question of Palestinian identity extends to representation in

2088-678: The Democratic List of Nazareth party and Tawfik Toubi , member of the Maki party. In 1965 a radical independent Arab group called al-Ard forming the Arab Socialist List tried to run for Knesset elections. The list was banned by the Israeli Central Elections Committee . In 1966, martial law was lifted completely, and the government set about dismantling most of the discriminatory laws, while Arab citizens were granted

2160-664: The East Jerusalem Arab population and the Druze and other Arabs in the Golan Heights : the Arabs inside the Green Line , and the Arabs within (Arabic: عرب الداخل , romanized:  ‘Arab al-Dākhil ). These terms clarify that While known officially by the Israeli government only as " Israeli Arabs " or "Arab Israelis", the development of Palestinian nationalism and identity in

2232-562: The East Jerusalem Arab population or the Druze in the Golan Heights , as these territories were occupied by Israel in 1967: According to The New York Times , as of 2012, most Israeli Arabs preferred to identify themselves as Palestinian citizens of Israel rather than as Israeli Arabs. The Council on Foreign Relations also states that most members of the Israeli Arab community prefer this term. The Washington Post asserted in 2021 that "surveys showed" that Israeli Arabs preferred

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2304-594: The New York Times . Surveys of Arab-Israeli self-identification are diverse, and have often presented differing if not contradictory results. In 2017 the Konrad Adenauer Foundation 's Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University conducted a telephone poll, in which the results were: The focus groups associated with

2376-698: The Palestinian Mandate who volunteered to join the British Special Operations Executive and infiltrate German-occupied Europe to work with local Jewish communities. She was sent to Slovakia as an emissary of the Haganah on a mission to aid Jews during the Slovak national uprising. Reik and other paratroopers were captured by the Germans occupying Czechoslovakia, and executed. She was 30 years old at

2448-485: The 1948 Nakba , the Palestinians that have remained within the 1949 Armistice borders have been colloquially known as "48 Arabs" (Arabic: عرب ٤٨ , romanized:  ʿArab Thamāniya wa-ʾArbaʿīn ). With the end of military administrative rule in 1966 and following the 1967 war, national consciousness and its expression among Israel's Arab citizens spread. A majority then self-identified as Palestinian, preferring this descriptor to Israeli Arab in numerous surveys over

2520-543: The 2016 Intercultural Achievement Award in the Innovation Category to Givat Haviva's program: “Educators for a Shared Society”. That same year, Givat Haviva was awarded the 2016 Dr. Chaim Constantiner Prize in Jewish Education by Tel Aviv University . 32°27′28″N 35°01′16″E  /  32.4579°N 35.0210°E  / 32.4579; 35.0210 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education From Misplaced Pages,

2592-593: The 20th and 21st centuries has been met by a marked evolution in self-identification, reflecting a rising identification with Palestinian identity alongside Arab and Israeli signifiers. Many Palestinian citizens of Israel have family ties to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as well as to Palestinian refugees in Jordan , Syria and Lebanon . Between 1948 and 1967, very few Arab citizens of Israel identified openly as "Palestinian", and an "Israeli-Arab" identity,

2664-502: The Arab citizenry who reject the term Palestinian altogether. A minority of Israel's Arab citizens include "Israeli" in some way in their self-identifying label; the majority identify as Palestinian by nationality and Israeli by citizenship . The Israeli establishment prefers Israeli Arabs or Arabs in Israel , and also uses the terms the minorities , the Arab sector , Arabs of Israel and Arab citizens of Israel . These labels have been criticized for denying this population

2736-586: The Givat Haviva Educational Foundation, which has offices in New York City. As of 2012 it had about $ 1 million in assets and spent about $ 400,000 annually on educational programs. The Center for a Shared Society builds mutually beneficial cooperation between pairs of neighboring Jewish and Arab towns. Municipal leadership and citizens work across the divide to facilitate joint initiatives responding to common needs, goals and interests. The goal

2808-549: The Golan Heights , occupied and administered by Israel in 1967, are considered permanent residents under Israels Golan Heights Law of 1981. As of mid 2022, 4,303 Druze citizens of Syria have been granted Israeli citizenship, or, 20% of the total Druze residents in the Golan Heights. Most Jewish Israelis refer to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War as the War of Independence, while most Arab citizens refer to it as al-Nakba (the catastrophe),

2880-458: The Israeli Knesset . Journalist Ruth Margalit says of Mansour Abbas of the United Arab List , a member of the governing coalition , "The traditional term for this group, Arab Israelis, is increasingly controversial, but it's the one that Abbas prefers." Abbas gave an interview to Israeli media in November 2021 and said "My rights don't just come from my citizenship. My rights also come from being

2952-515: The Israeli government had invested time and effort to protect Jewish citizens from Hezbollah attacks, but had neglected Arab citizens. They pointed to a dearth of bomb shelters in Arab towns and villages and a lack of basic emergency information in Arabic. Many Israeli Jews viewed the Arab opposition to government policy and sympathy with the Lebanese as a sign of disloyalty. In October 2006, tensions rose when Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert invited

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3024-613: The West Bank. As permanent residents, they are eligible to vote in Jerusalem 's municipal elections, although only a small percentage takes advantage of this right. The Golan Heights was not part of Mandatory Palestine or the Ottoman political units which preceded it, but rather was part of Syria, and the UN still recognizes it as such, and calls it the Syrian Golan. The remaining Druze population of

3096-554: The aftermath of the Second Intifada . Arabs who left their homes during the period of armed conflict, but remained in what had become Israeli territory, were considered to be " present absentees ". In some cases, they were refused permission to return to their homes, which were expropriated and turned over to state ownership, as was the property of other Palestinian refugees . Some 274,000, or 1 of every 4 Arab citizens of Israel are "present absentees" or internally displaced Palestinians . Notable cases of "present absentees" include

3168-423: The benefit of Arab citizens in Israel that enhance Hebrew language skills of Arab students, advance the status of Arab women, contribute to economic development in Arab towns and villages, and provide civic awareness training for leaders in Arab communities. The center offers Arab and Jewish populations cross-cultural experiences that foster mutual understanding through language, arts, film and tours. In addition,

3240-501: The civilian population of Gaza, sharing Quran verses, or expressing "any support for the Palestinian people". Haaretz described the widespread targeting of Arab Israelis by Israeli security forces. Referring to "hundreds" of interrogations, El País reported on 11 November that Israel increasingly treats its Arab minority as a "potential fifth column ". At the same time, the conflict saw an increased self-identification with Israel among Arab citizens. According to different polls,

3312-629: The community and pressuring the Israeli government. This was followed in 1975 by the formation of the Committee for the Defense of the Land, which sought to prevent continuing land expropriations. That same year, a political breakthrough took place with the election of Arab poet Tawfiq Ziad , a Maki member, as mayor of Nazareth, accompanied by a strong communist presence in the town council. In 1976, six Arab citizens of Israel were killed by Israeli security forces at

3384-435: The establishment of Israel in the wake of the 1948 Palestine war , it conferred its citizenship to the Arabs who remained or were not expelled from its territory, but they were put under military law until 1966. After the 1967 Six-Day War , which resulted in an ongoing occupation of several territories, Israel annexed East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights in the early 1980s, thereby granting citizenship eligibility to

3456-479: The focus group findings of strong Palestinian national identity, not conflicting with Israeli civic identity, match those seen in the public sphere. According to a 2019 survey by University of Haifa professor Sammy Smooha , conducted in Arabic among 718 Arab adults, 47% of the Arab population chose Palestinian identities with an Israeli component ("Israeli Palestinian", "Palestinian in Israel", "Palestinian Arab in Israel"), 36% prefers Israeli Arab identities without

3528-400: The formation of a governing coalition. Increased participation of Arab citizens was also seen at the civil society level. However, tension continued to exist with many Arabs calling for Israel to become a " state of all its citizens ", thereby challenging the state's Jewish identity. In the 1999 elections for prime minister, 94% of the Arab electorate voted for Ehud Barak . However, Barak formed

3600-493: The 💕 Not to be confused with the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize , also established by UNESCO. The UNESCO Prize for Peace Education was awarded annually beginning 1981. The main goal of UNESCO education prize was to encourage excellent effort in the drive to reach a better quality education. The prize endowed up to US$ 60,000 and honored extraordinary activities for peace education in

3672-568: The local level. Many Arab citizens supported the First Intifada and assisted Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, providing them with money, food, and clothes. A number of strikes were also held by Arab citizens in solidarity with Palestinians in the occupied territories. The years leading up to the Oslo Accords were a time of optimism for Arab citizens. During the administration of Yitzhak Rabin , Arab parties played an important role in

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3744-460: The most important "component in their personal identity" was to them; 33 percent answered "Israeli citizenship", 32 percent "Arab identity", 23 percent "religious affiliation", and 8 percent "Palestinian identity". University of Haifa professor Sammy Smooha commented in 2019, "The largest now and the most growing identity is a hybrid identity, which is 'Palestinian in Israel' or a similar combination. I think that’s what’s going to take over." In

3816-435: The nature of their Israeli citizenship. To a large extent, they boycotted the 2001 Israeli Elections as a means of protest. This boycott helped Ariel Sharon defeat Ehud Barak; as aforementioned, in the 1999 elections, 94 percent of Israel's Arab minority had voted for Ehud Barak. IDF enlistment by Bedouin citizens of Israel dropped significantly. During the 2006 Lebanon War , Arab advocacy organizations complained that

3888-952: The original on 11 August 2013 . Retrieved 15 June 2012 . Authority control databases : National [REDACTED] Israel Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UNESCO_Prize_for_Peace_Education&oldid=1246744075 " Categories : UNESCO awards Peace awards Awards established in 1981 Awards disestablished in 2013 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education recipients Hidden categories: Use Oxford spelling from September 2020 Use dmy dates from September 2020 Arab citizens of Israel The Arab citizens of Israel form Israel’s largest ethnic minority. They are mostly former Palestinian citizens who have continued to live in what became Israel, and their descendants. The majority of Arabs in Israel now prefer to be identified as Palestinian citizens of Israel . Following

3960-430: The poll provided a different outcome, in which "there was consensus that Palestinian identity occupies a central place in their consciousness". reflecting "the strength of Palestinian-Arab identity", and that they do not see a contradiction between that and Israeli civic identity. The focus group revealed strong opposition to the term "Israeli-Arab" and to the concept of Israel's "Independence Day". The study concluded that

4032-648: The poorest in the country, and generally attend schools that are separated to some degree from those attended by Jewish Israelis . Arab political parties traditionally did not join governing coalitions until 2021, when the United Arab List became the first to do so. The Druze and the Bedouin in the Negev and the Galilee have historically expressed the strongest non-Jewish affinity to Israel and are more likely to identify as Israelis than other Arab citizens. Speakers of both Arabic and Hebrew , their traditional vernacular

4104-571: The preferred phrase of the Israeli establishment and public, was predominant. Public expressions of Palestinian identity, such as displays of the Palestinian flag or the singing and reciting of nationalist songs or poetry were illegal. With the end of military administrative rule in 1966 and following the 1967 war, national consciousness and its expression among Israel's Arab citizens spread. A majority then self-identified as Palestinian, preferring this descriptor to Israeli Arab in numerous surveys over

4176-589: The residents of Saffuriyya and the Galilee villages of Kafr Bir'im and Iqrit . Between Israel's declaration of independence on 14 May 1948 and the Israeli Nationality Law of 14 July 1952, there technically were no Israeli citizens. While most Arabs remaining in Israel were granted citizenship, they were subject to martial law in the early years of the state. Zionism had given little serious thought as to how to integrate Arabs, and according to Ian Lustick subsequent policies were 'implemented by

4248-402: The same population. The relationship of Arab citizens to the State of Israel is often fraught with tension and can be regarded in the context of relations between minority populations and state authorities elsewhere in the world. Arab citizens consider themselves to be an indigenous people . The tension between their Palestinian Arab national identity and their identity as citizens of Israel

4320-451: The same rights as Jewish citizens under law. After the 1967 Six-Day War , Arab citizens were able to contact Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip for the first time since the establishment of the state. This, along with the lifting of military rule, led to increased political activism among Arab citizens. In 1974, a committee of Arab mayors and municipal councilmen was established which played an important role in representing

4392-2647: The spirit of the UNESCO constitution. The prize was phased out in 2013. Recipients [ edit ] 1981: Helena Kekkonen ( Finland ) / World Organization of the Scout Movement 1982: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) 1983: Pax Christi International 1984: IPPNW International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War 1985: Indar Jit Rikhye (India) / Georg-Eckert-Institut für Internationale Schulbuchforschung (Germany) 1986: Paulo Freire ( Brazil ) 1987: Laurence Deonna (Switzerland) / " Servicio Paz y Justicia en America Latina " 1988: Frère Roger , Taizé (France) 1989: Robert Muller (France) / International Peace Research Association (IPRA) 1990: Rigoberta Menchú Tum ( Guatemala ) / World Order Models Project (WOMP) 1991: Ruth Leger Sivard (United States) / Cours Sainte Marie de Hann ( Senegal ) 1992: Mother Teresa 1993: Madeleine de Vits (Belgium) and Graduate Institute of Peace Studies at Kyung Hee University ( South Korea ) 1994: Prayudh Payutto ( Thailand ) 1995: Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (Austria) 1996: Chiara Lubich (Italy) 1997: Francois Giraud (France) 1998: Educators for Peace and Mutual Understanding ( Ukraine ) Honourable mention: Fridtjof Nansen Academy (Norway), World Court Project (New Zealand), Ulpan Akiva Netanya (Israel) 1999: Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo , Buenos Aires , Argentina Honourable mention: Verein für Friedenspädagogik , Tübingen (Germany) 2000: Australian Peace Educator Toh Swee-Hin 2001: Jewish-Arab Centre for Peace Education in Givat Haviva (Israel) and Bishop Nelson Onono Onweng , Uganda 2002: City Montessori School , Lucknow , (India) 2003: Emile Shoufani , Greek-Catholic Archimandrite in Nazareth 2006: Christopher Gregory Weeramantry (Sri Lanka) Honourable mention: Fundación para la Reconciliación (Colombia) 2008: Institute for Justice and Reconciliation ( South Africa ) See also [ edit ] List of peace activists References [ edit ] ^ "UNESCO Prizes" . unesdoc.unesco.org . External links [ edit ] "UNESCO Prize for Peace Education" . UNESCO. Archived from

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4464-440: The success of this pilot, Givat Haviva established a partnership between the predominately Jewish Menashe Regional Council (population - 13,300) and neighboring Arab city of Baqa al-Gharbiyye (population - 25,875) in 2013. The partnership between the Arab Local Council of Maale Iron (5 villages) and Megiddo Regional Council (13 communities) celebrated a year of joint activity in November, 2015. The fourth and newest partnership

4536-553: The term "Palestinian citizen of Israel" and that "for people who often feel caught between two worlds, however, the contours of what it means to be a Palestinian citizen of Israel remain a work in progress." However, these findings conflict with a 2017 Tel Aviv University poll which showed most Israelis self-identify as either Arab-Israeli or simply Israeli. Similar terms that Israeli Arabs, media and other organizations may use are Palestinian Arabs in Israel and Israeli Palestinian Arabs . Amnesty reports that "Arab citizens of Israel"

4608-506: The time she was killed. The Center for a Shared Society aims to build an inclusive, socially cohesive society in Israel by engaging divided communities in collective action towards the advancement of a sustainable, thriving Israeli democracy based on mutual responsibility, civic equality and a shared vision of the future. The Center holds an annual conference to discuss key issues, share experiences and shape mechanisms for joint action. The center's North American programs are administered by

4680-638: The transfer of land abandoned by Arabs to state ownership. These included the Absentee Property Law of 1950 which allowed the state to expropriate the property of Palestinians who fled or were expelled to other countries, and the Land Acquisition Law of 1953 which authorized the Ministry of Finance to transfer expropriated land to the state. Other common legal expedients included the use of emergency regulations to declare land belonging to Arab citizens

4752-517: The two primary communities were referred to by the British authorities as "Arabs" and " Jews ". Between 1948 and 1967 , very few citizens of Israel identified openly as "Palestinian". An "Israeli-Arab" identity, the preferred phrase of the Israeli establishment and public, was predominant. Public expressions of Palestinian identity, such as displays of the Palestinian flag or the singing and reciting of nationalist songs or poetry were illegal. Ever since

4824-726: The two territories' populace respectively. Acquisition of Israeli citizenship there is scarce as only 5% of Palestinians in East Jerusalem were Israeli citizens in 2022. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , the Israeli Arab population stood at 2.1 million people in 2023, accounting for 21% of Israel's total population. The majority of these Arab citizens identify themselves as Arab or Palestinian by nationality and as Israeli by citizenship. They mostly live in Arab-majority towns and cities , some of which are among

4896-453: The war, over 80% fled or were expelled. The other 20%, some 156,000, remained. Some of them supported Israel from the beginning. Arab citizens of Israel today are largely composed of the people who remained and their descendants. Others include some from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank who procured Israeli citizenship under family-unification provisions made significantly more stringent in

4968-553: The years. Arabs in East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights (Syrian Golan) are special cases regarding citizenship and identity. Arabs living in East Jerusalem , occupied and administered by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967 hold Israeli ID cards, but most are non-citizen permanent residents since few accepted Israel's offer of citizenship after the war's end, refusing to recognize its sovereignty, and most maintain close ties with

5040-492: The years. In a 2017 telephone poll, 40% of Arab citizens of Israel identified as "Arab in Israel / Arab citizen of Israel", 15% identified as "Palestinian", 8.9% as "Palestinian in Israel / Palestinian citizen of Israel", and 8.7% as "Arab"; the focus groups associated with the poll provided a different outcome, in which "there was consensus that Palestinian identity occupies a central place in their consciousness". A November 2023 poll asked respondents from this demographic what

5112-662: Was famously described by an Arab public figure as: "My state is at war with my nation". Arab/Palestinian citizens of Israel may refer to themselves by a wide range of terms. Each of these names, while referring to the same group of people, connotes a different balance in what is often a multilayered identity assigning varying levels of priority or emphasis to the various dimensions which may be historic-geographic (" Palestine (region) "), "national" or ethnoreligious (Palestinian, Arab, Israeli, Druze, Circassian), linguistic (Arabic-speaking), civic (feeling "Israeli" or not), etc.: Two appellations, among others listed above, are not applied to

5184-594: Was reported from Beersheba, Rahat, Ramla, Lod, Nasiriyah, Tiberias, Jerusalem, Haifa and Acre. The Arab community in Israel has seen a significant increase in violence and organized crime , including a rise in gang-related murders in recent years. A report by the Abraham Initiative highlighted that 244 Arab community members were killed in Israel in 2023, more than double the previous year's count. The report attributed this surge in homicides directly to National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir , who campaigned on

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