Israeli economy

Ensuring equal opportunities for Arab citizens

Ensuring equal opportunities for Arab citizens

This informative clip (1:46) put out by the Israel Democracy Institute explores why more than a third of young Arab citizens are neither employed nor acquiring the necessary education or skills to enter

Israeli government to inject half billion shekels into periphery

Israeli government to inject half billion shekels into periphery

In attempts to lessen the opportunity gaps between Israel’s center and its periphery, the government announced in 2018 plans to invest generously in four of its underfunded—yet promising—peripheral communities. Max Schindler, business reporter

High rates of unemployment in Israel’s North: epic fail or future opportunity?

High rates of unemployment in Israel’s North: epic fail or future opportunity?

With unemployment rates in Israel’s peripheral regions soaring, many wonder what can be done to reverse the trend. In this op-ed from the Israel Democracy Institute, Nasreen Hadad Haj-Yahya questions what lies behind the