In attendance were heads of local municipal authorities, community leaders, media personalities, journalists, and thought leaders from the Arab community in Israel.
The findings represent a major shift in the positions of Arab Israelis, said Dr. Arik Rudnitzky, who heads the Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation at Tel Aviv University.
Despite past ideological convictions of standing with the “Palestinian cause,” major Arab allies from the GCC and the OIC, are concerned about the risks of harming the relations with the Jewish state
Warraqi said many Muslims were also killed in the assault, recalling how he took care of two Arab women wearing hijab, shot by the attackers, and three Arab bus drivers got shot in the head.
The Bedouin population was massacred violently on October 7, as many farmers who went to milk cows in the early morning hours were murdered and kidnapped.
In the BBC Arabic interview, Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouk also insisted that civilians killed in the Oct. 7 attack were murdered by Israeli forces.
While in June, only half of Jewish respondents said they were optimistic about Israel's future, that share has now grown to 72%.
Anti-Arab rhetoric in Israel is surging after October 7. The media can – and must – help quell it.
The Arab community of the Negev was deeply affected by Hamas’ terror attack of October 7 with over 20 murdered and seven kidnapped.
The Max Rayne Hand in Hand Jerusalem School won the Overcoming Adversity prize for its integration of Jewish and Arab students.
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