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Posted on January 25, 2016January 25, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Survey says most Israeli Arabs feel discrimination
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Study shows overwhelming majority of Israeli Arab citizens believe they are victims of discrimination. The survey by the Israeli International Fellowship of Christians and Jews also shows that Israeli Arab citizens believe that if they were treated more fairly, they would be more involved in Israeli society

A recently conducted survey of Israel’s Arab citizens shows that an overwhelming majority believe they are victims of discrimination. The survey by the Israeli International Fellowship of Christians and Jews also shows that Israeli Arab citizens believe that if they were treated more fairly, they would be more involved in Israeli society

The survey by the IFCJ reinforces the need for Israel’s government to fulfill its promises to improve conditions for Israel’s Arabs, IFCJ founder and president Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein said in a press release issued on the survey results.

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews was founded in 1983 by Rabbi Eckstein to promote understanding between Jews and Christians and build broad support for Israel and other shared concerns. Our ministry’s vision is that Jews and Christians will reverse their 2,000-year history of discord and replace it with a relationship marked by dialogue, respect, and cooperation.

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A new opinion poll of a representative sample of 500 low-income Israeli Arabs by Israel’s widely respected Stat-net Institute, which specializes in the Israeli-Arab community, shows Israeli Arabs are more likely to feel strongly connected to the Jewish state if they believe the government is treating them fairly and helping them to the same extent it helps low-income Jewish citizens.

The survey went further, finding that a slight majority of Israeli Arabs said that if they received the same services as poor Israeli Jews, they would participate in Israel’s national service volunteer program.

The survey found 67 percent of Israeli Arabs feel discriminated against and 71 percent feel that low-income Israeli Jews receive more state aid than they do. Further, 54 percent of Israeli Arabs feel the government, including Israeli-Arab legislators, do not care about their interests.

Only 20 percent of low-income Israeli Arabs who feel they are being treated unfairly compared to poor Israeli Jews said they feel strongly or very strongly connected to Israel. In contrast, 47 percent of those who felt they were being treated equally to poor Israeli Jews feel strongly connected to Israel. Similarly, while only 38 percent of Israeli Arabs who feel they lack equal rights in Israel say they would perform national service, 58 percent of those who feel they are treated equally would do voluntary service.

The results reflect and go beyond other similar surveys showing growing social polarization in Israel. One recent poll found that only 20 percent of Israeli Jews consider Israeli Arabs their equals, and that 70 percent of Israeli Arabs both identify as Israeli in some form yet also say equal rights ranks as their most pressing concern. Government officials recently warned of rising support among Israeli Arabs for ISIS as well. Earlier this month, an Israeli Arab killed two and injured five in a Tel Aviv terror attack.

The latest poll by The Fellowship underscores the urgent need for the Israeli government to finally deliver on its promises of boosting support for Israel’s low-income Arab citizens, for ethical, moral and pragmatic reasons, said Eckstein, and in the wake of the government’s recent pledge to increase spending on the Israeli-Arab community.

“The survey shows Israel should be caring more for its Arab citizens and investing in them the same way it does with its most vulnerable Jewish citizens, not only for moral reasons but also to counter the threat of political extremism and to promote patriotism. If we don’t invest in Israel’s Arab citizens, ISIS will,” said Eckstein.

“We found a direct correlation between Israeli Arabs’ feelings of being treated equally to Jews and their sense of belonging to society and even their willingness to serve,” added Eckstein.

The poll was commissioned to measure the impact of The Fellowship’s financial support for low-income Israeli-Arab citizens. The Fellowship has invested more than $35 million on social welfare programs for Israeli Arabs in recent years, including on programs helping the elderly, children, and at-risk youth, and on drug abuse prevention, emergency financial aid, job empowerment for women, and other initiatives.

About The Fellowship
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein founded the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) in 1983 to promote better understanding and cooperation between Christians and Jews, and build broad support for Israel. Since its founding, The Fellowship has raised close to $1.25 billion for this work. The organization has offices in the U.S., Israel, Canada, Australia, Brazil, and South Korea. For more information please visit www.ifcj.org.

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Ray Hanania is an award winning political and humor columnist who analyzes American and Middle East politics, and life in general. He is an author of several books.

Hanania covered Chicago Politics and Chicago City Hall from 1976 through 1992 at the Daily Southtown and the Chicago Sun-Times. He began writing in 1975 publishing The Middle Eastern Voice newspaper in Chicago (1975-1977). He later published “The National Arab American Times” newspaper (2004-2007).

Hanania writes weekly columns on Middle East and American Arab issues as Special US Correspondent for the Arab News ArabNews.com, at TheArabDailyNews.com, and at SuburbanChicagoland.com. He has published weekly columns in the Jerusalem Post newspaper, YNetNews.com, Newsday, the Orlando Sentinel, Houston Chronical, and Arlington Heights Daily Herald.

Hanania is the recipient of four (4) Chicago Headline Club “Peter Lisagor Awards” for Column writing. In November 2006, he was named “Best Ethnic American Columnist” by the New American Media. In 2009, Hanania received the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award for Writing from the Society of Professional Journalists. He is the recipient of the MT Mehdi Courage in Journalism Award. He was honored for his writing skills with two (2) Chicago Stick-o-Type awards from the Chicago Newspaper Guild. In 1990, Hanania was nominated by the Chicago Sun-Times editors for a Pulitzer Prize for his four-part series on the Palestinian Intifada.

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