Speaker: Mohammed Darawshe, director of strategy at the Shared Society Center, Givat Haviva Educational Center, Galilee, Israel

When Hamas perpetrated the worst terrorist attack in Israel’s history on October 7th 2023, it targeted not only Jews, but also Israeli Arabs. Among those killed by Hamas on October 7th was Awad Darawsheh, a 23 year-old paramedic, who was working at the Nova Music Festival, when the terrorists struck. In this webinar, Larry Diamond and Amichai Magen talk with Awad’s first cousin, Mohammed Darawshe, about the impact of October 7th and the subsequent war on Israeli Arabs and the prospects of Israeli-Palestinian peace.

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Mohammed Darawshe is the Director of Strategy at the Shared Society Center of the Givat Haviva Educational Center in the Galilee, and a faculty member of the Shalom Hartman Institute. He is widely consulted as a leading expert on Jewish-Arab relations. He previously served as Co-Director of The Abraham Fund Initiatives and as Elections Campaign Manager for the Democratic Arab Party and later The United Arab List. He was the recipient of the Peacemakers Award from the Catholic Theological Union, and the Peace and Security Award of the World Association of NGO’s, and was Leadership Fellow at the New Israel Fund. In 2008, Mohammed Darawshe was elected as a city council member in his hometown Iksal. In 2009 he served as a member of The National Committee which drafted Israel’s Coexistence Education policy.
 

During the 2024 winter quarter (January-March) FSI's Visiting Fellows in Israel Studies program is hosting a series of webinars exploring various aspects of contemporary Israeli politics, societal and security challenges. Webinars will take place on Wednesdays, 10:00-11:15am PST (20:00-21:15pm, Israel Time). Each webinar will feature a guest speaker from Israel or the U.S. and will include a lecture or moderated conversation with the guest, followed by a Q&A with the audience.