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

Dr. Bruce Rosen

Systems Group Leader

Dr. Yonatan Eyal

Senior Research Scholar and Team Leader

Maayan Hafner

Researcher

Walaa Hajajra

Research Analyst

Yoav Loeff

Research Associate

Recent Publications

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.

360° – The National Program for Children and Youth at Risk Learns from Success: Success Stories in the Bedouin Population

Sarit Ellenbogen-Frankovitz, Irit Aizik

2018

This document presents insights into successful practices that led to improvement in the functioning of professionals and in the situation of the program’s target population – children and youth at risk in the Bedouin society.

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