Archive for September, 2010

Pluralism and Tolerance in the New Year

September 14th, 2010
During the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, 100 Jews and Arabs gathered at the home of Shatil Be’er Sheva co-director, Yarona Ben Shalom for a festive iftar, the banquet marking the end of a day of fasting.
The air was charged with excitement and new experiences as activists from the unrecognized villages who have [...]


Natural Gas Profits can Bring an End to Poverty

September 14th, 2010
On Monday, dozens of experts and activists addressed a packed auditorium at Tel Aviv University for a day-long NIF-sponsored and SHATIL-coordinated conference. Focusing on the unprecedented profits that will be realized from the discovery of an enormous natural gas field off the coast of Israel, the Conference was organized in collaboration with the [...]