Arab Population

The Government of Israel is implementing long-term programs with a range of objectives and methods, to provide a response to social issues, including the need to develop the Arab population. MJB’s Research Team on the Arab Population is developing its ability to evaluate complex intervention programs of this kind. The team emphasizes the consolidation of our knowledge and understanding of the unique characteristics of Israel’s Arab population in all its diversity. The complexity of the programs, and the fact that they are planned and executed in the long term, highlight MJB’s longstanding contribution to policymaking and emphasize its diverse research abilities and ability to work over long periods to develop and preserve knowledge for the public good.

2020 Research Themes

Government 5-year plan for the social and economic development of the Bedouin population in the south of Israel
Integrating into higher education

2020 Research Themes

Government 5-year plan for the social and economic development of the Bedouin population in the south of Israel

Integrating into higher education

Research Staff

Amatzia Ginat

Researcher

Arwa Majadlih

Researcher

Dana Cohen

Research Analyst

Dana Lewis

Administrative Coordinator

Dr. Bruce Rosen

Systems Research Group Leader and Director of the Smokler Center for Health Policy Research

Dr. Dafna Haran

Research Scholar

Dr. Yonatan Eyal

Senior Research Scholar and Team Leader

Maayan Hafner

Researcher

Yoav Loeff

Research Associate

Recent Publications

Employment of the Arab Population during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges, Opportunities and Circles of Influence

Smadar Somekh, Oren Tirosh, Noam Keshet, Dr. Sami Miaari, Dr. Maha Sabbah-Karkabi, Amit Levintal, Einat Masterman, Naram Abu Harfa, Saeed Diabat, Suzan Hasan

2020

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was highly detrimental to the employment of the Arab population. In March 2020, the proportion of employees who applied to the Employment Service for work was markedly higher among Arabs than among Jews (32% v. 23%).The main reason for this differential was that many Arabs, both men and women, […]

Social issues in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis

2020

The various restrictions imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have limited interpersonal relations in terms of physical meetings and posed unique difficulties and challenges for the government and the authorities, among other things, in the provision and inspection of social services. After a protracted period of crisis, the government and authorities will face the […]

Arab Students, Three Years into Academic Studies: Assistance from the National Plan to Expand Access to Higher Education in Israel

Dganit Levi, Dr. Yonatan Eyal, Dr. Viacheslav Konstantinov, Shlomit Kagya

2019

This is the fifth report in a series of evaluation studies on the National Plan to Expand Access of Arab, Druze and Circassian Students to Higher Education in Israel.

Integrating Bedouin into Higher Education – An Evaluation of the Gateway to Academia Pilot at Sapir College

Dganit Levi, Paula Kahan-Strawczynski

2018

The goal of the study was to help the Planning and Budgeting Committee decide if the pilot should be continued and adopted as a program over time at additional institutions of higher learning.

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