Photo: (Israel Defense Forces/Wikimedia Commons) Some may ask how Israel, a Jewish state, properly represents its minority Arab population. When speaking at the University of Florida this November, Yoseph Haddad explained exactly this. As an Arab-Israeli Christian, Haddad demonstrated to students how Arabs, who account for 21% of Israel’s population,...
Yoseph Haddad Provides Important Arab Israeli Perspective to Aggies for Israel
If someone were to ask me what I believe is one of the most common misconceptions about Israel, it would unequivocally be homogeneity. Anti-Israel advocates on college campuses push this narrative because they argue Israel is an ethnic state of white Jewish Europeans who suppress the rights of any other...
Yoseph Haddad: Catalyzing Change in Discourse on the Israeli-Arab Conflict at UCLA
One year after UCLA hosted the National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) conference, Students Supporting Israel (SSI) at UCLA has focused on remedying the damage caused by the former’s denouncing of Jewish self-determination in the name of Palestinian liberation through hosting Israeli-Arab peace activist Yoseph Haddad on campus. Haddad’s...
What an Arab-Israeli Christian Taught me About Peace
For many years, I have discussed the prospect of peace through the eyes of Israelis and Palestinians, but never (at least, not comprehensively) from the vantage point of Israeli Arabs. They are the largest minority in Israel and loyal citizens. However, they are often marginalized by anti-Zionist voices because they...