Mohammed - Director of the Arab Association for Human Rights, Nazareth

What is your motivation to work towards peace?

As long as I can remember I was active in different aspects of human rights and community activism. But I think the only motivation is the feeling that without our activism, not just as victims but also as equal partners of bringing a solution, this is the only way we can change. All change has to come from the community that is suffering discrimination

What is your vision for the future?

Unfortunately, I see things are developing in the wrong direction. More and more racism is developing in Israel, and we see more and more fascist and radical right-wing parties on the rise, but this will not prevent us from being active. I think you need to be more creative to try to get more and more alliances on the international level, that we will not be alone.

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What is your motivation to work towards peace?<br />
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As long as I can remember I was active in different aspects of human rights and community activism. But I think the only motivation is the feeling that without our activism, not just as victims but also as equal partners of bringing a solution, this is the only way we can change. All change has to come from the community that is suffering discrimination<br />
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What is your vision for the future?<br />
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Unfortunately, I see things are developing in the wrong direction. More and more racism is developing in Israel, and we see more and more fascist and radical right-wing parties on the rise, but this will not prevent us from being active. I think you need to be more creative to try to get more and more alliances on the international level, that we will not be alone.