I am working at the Abraham Fund Initiatives, an organization that seeks to promote coexistence between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel. It does through six different major initiatives: Teaching Arabic language in Jewish schools, improving the treatment of Arab citizens by Israeli police, strengthening the status of Arab women, increasing policy-makers' familiarity with Arab society, developing Central Galilee as a model of shared living, and increasing education that promotes the concept of a shared society. I am working in the Public Advocacy and Government Relations department on a project that researches the early retirement of blue collar workers in Arab society. I am writing a report on how other countries throughout the world deal with the issue of men who do manual labor being forced to retire early due to declining health so that Israel can use this as a model for dealing with this problem. The Abraham Fund is located in Neve Illan, a town in the Jerusalem Hills about 15 km from Jerusalem. I hope to gain a better understanding of the problems that exist between Jews and Arabs in Israel and how this organization believes these problems can be solved.
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