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December 16, 2016       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/The-truth-about-Israeli-Arabs-475540

Most Arabs in Israel Want to Integrate into Israeli Society

(Jerusalem Post) Dov Lipman - At the Brookings Institution in Washington this week, Mohammad Darawshe, director at The Center for a Shared Society, presented some astounding statistics about Israeli Arabs: 23% of Israeli doctors are Arabs, as are 46% of Israeli pharmacists. According to 2015 polling of Israeli Arabs by Prof. Sammy Smooha of the University of Haifa: 73% view "Israeli" as part of their identity, 77% want to see their community fully integrated into Israeli society, and 60% are "at peace" with the reality that Israel has a Jewish majority. There are 558 Arab teachers now teaching in Jewish schools, while 57 Jews teach in Arab schools. The writer served in the 19th Knesset.

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