My internship is with Mossawa, which is located in the Wadi Lisnas neighborhood in Haifa. I am working on issues concerning the Arab citizen minority in Israel. Currently, I am conducting research on the Arab Bedouin population in the Negev desert. The research concerns the Prawer Report, which was written to implement the policy recommendations laid out in the Goldberg Report. The Goldberg report was the output of the Goldberg Commission charged with making recommendations concerning the Arab Bedouins in the Negev desert.
In addition, I attended a J Street U. meeting with a colleague. During informal sessions, I helped answer questions about the Negev Bedouin issues. I will use this internship opportunity to practice Arabic and do some translating.
I hope to use this internship to learn about many different issues concerning the Arab minority and their rights. Now, I am working with the issues on the ground, but there will be more opportunities to explore higher politics concerning legal agreements between Israel and the EU.
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