The Palestinian Citizens in Israel in Time of Crisis With Mohammad Darawshe

Mohammad Darawshe is the Director of Strategy at Givat Haviva Center for Shared Society, Israel.  He is also a faculty member of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.  During this fall semester, Prof. Darawshe will be teaching at the University of Illinois Global Institute in Urbana-Champaign.

Mohammad Darawshe is the Planning, Equality, and Shared Society Director at Givat Haviva, Israel’s oldest organization, promoting cohesion and understanding between its Jewish and Arab citizens. He has also served as a strategic advisor on initiatives for the Arab sector in the Prime Minister’s office; a Knesset parliamentary assistant; Elections Campaign Manager for the Democratic Arab Party and the United Arab List; and as an elected member of the town council of his hometown, Iksal, near Nazareth. He lives with his wife and four children in Iksal and is a Muslim Palestinian citizen of the State of Israel.