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2008

December
14/12/08: October 2000, the events in Akka…Today Uum El-fahem… what is the future?
March is planned by Israel’s extreme right in the predominantly Arab Galilee city of Uum El-fahem in the north of the country.

04/12/08: Mossawa hosts a highly successful Economic and Business
Development Conference for the Arab community at the Golden Crown
Hotel, Nazareth.


November

28/11/08: No Conviction for Arab killing.
This week the file on the murder of Sabri Jerjawi was closed by the Attorney General and Police Investigations Department (PID) with justice for the victim and the victim's family and effectively lending impunity to the perpetrators.


October
17/10/08: Families still not back home and Mossawa calls for governmental support.
Mossawa assists family victims of the Akka violence.

15/10/08: 14 families are now homeless in Akka after being forcefully evicted from their homes, many of which have been burnt down by Jewish extremists in the city.
The consequences of the Akka violence on the ground.

10/10/08: Incitement against Arab citizens is the root of the Attacks against Arab Citizens in Akka
The Mossawa Center responds to tensions and riots in the northern city of Akka.


August
5/8/08: 25 Arab journalists from Israel visited the Occupied Palestinian Territories as part of a Mossawa Center capacity building program on the topic of International Humanitarian Law (IHL).


July

14/7/08: Mossawa Center and Beit-Almusica host the Palestine Youth Orchestra's "My Song is Jerusalem" program in Haifa
T he Mossawa Center and Beit-Almusica will host the Palestine Youth Orchestra and the Collegium Musicum Orchestra of the University of Bonn, Germany, under the leadership of Conductor Walter Mik on 29 July in Haifa.

1/7/08: 30 Arab NGO's Debated EU Policy at the Mossawa Center
More than 30 representatives of Arab NGO's debated the EU policy in the Middle East and its implications on the Arab Minority in Israel.

March

19/3/08: Mossawa Center releases racism report detailing over 169 cases
The Mossawa Center released its annual racism report at a press conference in Nazareth today, detailing 169 incidences of racism against Arab minority of Israel, including the killings of Arab citizens.

10/3/08: Mossawa Center to hold public seminar in the European Parliament on role of Arab minority in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Mossawa Center has announced plans to hold a public hearing in the European Parliament in Brussels on the Palestinian Arab minority of Israel and the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict.


February
29/2/08: Salman Al-Atayqa the 41st Arab victim of race-based violence in the last eight years
30-year-old Salman Al-Atayqa was killed last Thursday after a police vehicle ran over him during a car chase involving Al-Atayqa and police officers.

5/2/08: Mossawa launches public awareness campaign on the killing of Arab citizens following Attorney General's decision
In response to Attorney General Menachem Mazuz's recent decision to close the cases against policemen involved in the October 2000 killing of 13 Arab citizens, the Mossawa Center has released a public campaign to encourage the Jewish community to stand against race-based violence.


January
23/1/08: Mossawa Director criticizes Israeli government for the ongoing killings of Arab citizens at Herzliya Conference
Jafar Farah, director of the Mossawa Center, the Advocacy Center for Arabs in Israel, criticized the government and Attorney General, Menachem Mazuz, for the increasing number of Arab citizens killed by state police forces, during his presentation at the IDC’s annual Herzliya Conference on “The Balance of Israel’s National Security” last Wednesday.

27/1/08: 40 Arab civilians have been killed since October 2000
Since October 2000, 40 Palestinian Arab citizens have been killed by security forces. 13 were killed in October 2000 during volatile demonstrations and 27 have been killed as a result of a race-based violence by Israeli police forces, Jewish citizens and soldiers.
The Mossawa Center, 5 Saint Luke's St., P.O. Box 4471, Haifa, 31043 Israel, Phone: (+972) 4-855-5901, Fax: (+972) 4-855-2772
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