Conference to strengthen and organize the Jewish-Arab political partnership

Under the title: "The Need for Jewish-Arab Partnership to Protect Democracy," and at the initiative of the "All Its Citizens" party, a consultative meeting was held this evening (Tuesday) with the participation of representatives from a variety of parties, movements, and political-social organizations interested in strengthening the Jewish-Arab partnership and expanding cooperation and coordination between them, in the presence of an audience from the various movements.

The meeting was moderated by

The keynote address was given by:

* Amjad Shvita – Secretary General of Hadash

* MK Samir Ben Said – Ta'al Party

* Prof. Oren Yiftachel – "A Land for All"

* Soumya Bashir – "Anchor for the Future" movement

* Dr. Thabet Abu Ras – "Al-Khirak Al-Midani" (The Movement from the Field)

* Dr. Neta Amar Shiff, human rights attorney, CEO of the Mizrahi-Ezrachi Collective

* Former Knesset Member Talab Al-Sana – The Arab Democratic Party

* Prof. Faisal Azaiza – Chairman of the Partnership, "All Its Citizens"

A substantive and broad discussion followed, with the participation of the audience and the speakers, in which various questions were raised and answered, and various ideas and suggestions from the participants were presented. The discussion was summarized by former Knesset member

It was decided to continue the dialogue and establish three working teams to carry forward the discussions and upcoming activities: Encouraging and increasing voter turnout in the Arab community, including boosting political activism and field engagement ahead of the elections, establish a protection framework for our speakers at demonstrations, to prevent incidents like the one that occurred in Ness Ziona, and continue the dialogue on Jewish-Arab political partnership in the lead-up to the elections, and to support the formation of the broadest possible joint electoral list.