Are linguistic minorities in Israel willing to cooperate with each other to improve their quality of life?
This question was answered in the Knesset on October 6.
The Mussawa Center organized meetings between Knesset deputies and representatives of the Arab and Russian-speaking minorities. The main issue that deputies discussed with activists from the Mussawa Center and the NGO Dor Moriah was the registration in the Knesset of a lobby aimed at realizing the right of linguistic minorities to receive public and municipal services in their native language: Arabic, Russian, Amharic, etc.
It is a vast and complex topic, and this is why it was necessary to form a lobby in the Knesset that would be a tool for engaging experts, activists, and politicians in the task of providing public and municipal services in minority languages.
As a result of discussions with MPs Ofer Kasif (United List), Ibtisam Maraana (Avoda), Ghaida Runawi-Zoabi (Meretz) and Gilad Kariv (Avoda), the lobby was supported and the process of its creation entered the phase of gradual implementation.