Diversity as a Mechanism of Depolitization: The Case of Palestinian Career Women in Israel featuring Amalia Sa'ar

Wed, September 28, 2022 5:00 PM at Club Spartan (3rd Floor, Case Hall)

Dr. Amalia Sa’ar will address Israel’s recent endorsement of the idea of diversity employment towards its Palestinian-Arab citizens, through the case of Palestinian career women. Her vantage point is the seeming paradox, by which the same governments, over the past two-three decades, have allocated unprecedented funds for Arabs’ economic integration, while simultaneously initiating legislation (notably the Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People) that is designed to curb their symbolic and political entitlements