Shared Society
Israel has long struggled with tension and hostility between Jews and Arab-Palestinians, both within Israel proper (Arabs comprise 17% of the citizen population) and in the West Bank and Gaza strip. We believe it is crucial to improve relations as a matter of principle, and especially after the outburst of violence this past May, which was a frightening wake-up call for Israel and the international community alike. In addition to the exchange of rocket fire between Israel and Hamas, unprecedented inter-communal violence broke out in Israel’s mixed cities, effectively bringing to the surface the issue of widening inequality between Jewish and Arab residents in these communities.
As an Israeli non-profit organization seeking to enhance peace, justice, and mutual respect between Israelis and Palestinians, the Center for Advancement of Peace Initiatives (CAPI) envisions a reality free of all forms of discrimination and oppression, where every individual enjoys equal rights and can fully live their national, religious, cultural, and political identities – in other words, a shared society in which every identity group flourishes together with other groups in society and not despite them or in conflict with them.
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