Program

9:30 Registration and welcoming remarks:

• Dr. Lars Hänsel, Representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Israel
• Head of the Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research
• Representative of the Gevim Group

10:00 – 11:30 First Session

Nationalism and Multiculturalism in Mixed Cities

Chairperson: Dr. Ephraim Lavie, Tel Aviv University

• Mixed cities in Israel – An overview Mr. Arik Rodnitzky, Tel Aviv University
• Multiculturalism in the sphere of everyday life in Israel’s mixed cities Dr. Ravit Goldhaber, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
• Isolationism or coexistence – National implications of regional events Prof. Rassem Khamaisi, University of Haifa
• Patterns of separation and integration of Jews and Arabs in Israel’s mixed cities Prof. Itzhak Schnell, Tel Aviv University

11:30–13:00 Second Session Institutional approaches to address multicultural and nationalist complexity

Chairperson: Dr. David Shimoni, Mediator and senior team member of the Gevim Group

• Mr. Baruch Sugarman, Director of Community Service, Ministry of Welfare and Social Services
• Mr. Yaakov Goaz (Gez) – Head of Metzila (Community and Crime Prevention), Ministry of Internal Security
• Mr. Ali Elkarnawi – Supervisor of the Bedouin Dispersion, Ministry of Education

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-15:30 Third Session Existing patterns of coexistence in mixed cities

Facilitator: Ms. Faten Elzinaty – Community Dialogue Coordinator and Mediator, Gevim Group

• Mr. Aharon Atias – General Director, Lod Torah Garin
• Mr. Mohammad Abu Aliwa – Deputy Qadi of Lod and Director of Hama’ayan (“The Spring”) College, Lod
• Ms. Orit Yulezry – Former Director of the Community Mediation and Dialogue Center, Lod
• Ms. Maha Al-Nakib – Secretary of Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, Lod office

15:30 – 16:00 Summary and Prospects for the Mixed Cities Project

Facilitator: Mr. Omri Gefen – Chairman of Gevim Group