{"id":3781,"date":"2025-07-07T07:29:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T04:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/givathaviva.org.il\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2025-07-07T07:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T04:31:55","slug":"shared-society-in-crisis-and-hope-educations-role-in-israels-recovery-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/givathaviva.org.il\/en\/shared-society-in-crisis-and-hope-educations-role-in-israels-recovery-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Shared society in crisis and hope: Education\u2019s role in Israel\u2019s recovery – opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My country is at a pivotal crossroads. We Israelis \u2013 Jews and Arabs \u2013 have made great strides in strengthening relations between our two communities. Still, the impact of October 7, 2023, and the ensuing war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, on Jewish-Arab relations<\/a> in Israel is palpable. The multifront war has challenged in unprecedented circumstances how we view one another.<\/section>\n<\/section>\n
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Givat Haviva\u2019s annual survey earlier this year found 72% of Israeli Jews do not trust the majority of Arab citizens, while 43% of Israeli Arabs do not trust the majority of Jewish citizens.<\/section>\n<\/section>\n
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Yet the foundation for a shared society remains intact. The fact that Israel\u2019s Arab and Jewish citizens recognize they are fated to be together and want to continue finding ways to better Israeli society is reflected in the lack of intercommunal violence since October 7 that exploded during the last Hamas-Israel clash in May 2021.<\/a>Read Michal’s article in the Jerusalem Post here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My country is at a pivotal crossroads. We Israelis \u2013 Jews and Arabs \u2013 have made great strides in strengthening relations between our two communities. Still, the impact of October 7, 2023, and the ensuing war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, on Jewish-Arab relations in Israel is palpable. The multifront war has challenged in unprecedented […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t