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Israeli Druze woman former MK to be first Jewish Agency emissary

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Published: 25 June 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Agency says former lawmaker Gadeer Mreeh, the first Druze woman to serve in the Knesset, will focus in her role on advocacy work on college campuses

First Israeli Druze woman MK to be first Druze Jewish Agency emissary (Jerusalem Post)
Kamal-Mreeh will represent the Jewish Agency, in its efforts to connect with North American college campuses on Israel.

In ‘landmark step,’ Druze woman to serve as Jewish Agency envoy (Haaretz)
Agency says former lawmaker Gadeer Mreeh, the first Druze woman to serve in the Knesset, will focus in her role on advocacy work on college campuses

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No basic rights and fearing expulsion: the lives of Israeli Bedouin and Palestinians lacking residency status (Haaretz)
Madeline may not work or enroll in school. Iman, a single mother of three, was denied a residency permit. Israel's law blocking family unification destroys the lives of thousands

Photo: Gadeer Mreeh speaks at a Kahol Lavan event, last year (Tomer Appelbaum)

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