Mossawa Center Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens in Israel Haifa
Mossawa Center strives to improve the social, economic and political status of the Arab citizens of Israel, while preserving their national and cultural rights as Palestinians. Mossawa undertakes domestic government advocacy, socioeconomic research and analysis, public information campaigns, capacity-building with other Arab NGOs, and cooperative work with local councils, Israeli NGOs, and international organizations. It has led the campaign against Israeli legislation
restricting foreign funding for NGOs that would threaten the ability of Arab and human rights NGOs to operate independently within Israel. Mossawa also analyzes the Knesset’s annual budgets, focusing on the disparity in land, housing, and planning expenditures between Jewish and Arab communities. In 2012, Mossawa filed a petition with the Israeli Supreme Court requesting equal State budget allocation for Palestinian culture organizations in Israel.
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