The Relationship of the ArabPalestinian Citizens of Israel with International Civil Society

Rola (Hamed) Abu Zeid - O'Neill

This research paper aims to shed light on the relationship between Palestinian civil society in the 1948 territories (hereafter, local civil society) and the institutions of international civil society. I will shortly present the beginnings of this collaboration, as well as the current situation, and address the successes and failures, as well as the special mechanisms of the activities of the local civil society, and its relevant institutions. This paper proposes a work plan and recommends collective actions for the future. The goal is to examine and evaluate this relationship and its nature, and how necessary it is. And, if this need exists, the ways local civil society can utilize it