{"id":31504,"date":"2024-02-05T09:47:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T09:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31504"},"modified":"2024-03-19T12:57:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T12:57:22","slug":"ono-grad-profiled-for-pro-israel-work-in-israeli-arab-community","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/ono-grad-profiled-for-pro-israel-work-in-israeli-arab-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Ono Grad Profiled for Pro-Israel Work in Israeli Arab Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31505 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Yahya-Mahamid-2.24.jpg\" alt=\"Yahya Mahamid\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<h3><strong>Ono Grad Profiled for Pro-Israel Work in Israeli Arab Community<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Yahya Mahamid, a young Arab-Israeli leader, educator, and Israel advocate, was profiled in a Times of Israel column by Sherwin Pomerantz. He graduated Ono Academic College with a B.Ed. degree with a major in non-profit\/public\/organizational management.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Mahamid, who defies stereotypes and embraces a mission of peace and understanding was born in Umm Al Fahm, and was raided with anti-Zionist sentiments but questioned these positions following personal interactions with Israelis.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Mahamid faced backlash and threats after a viral photo showed him with the Israeli flag in 2014. However, he continues his important work to create understanding between Jews and Arabs. He went on to serve as a volunteer firearms instructor in the IDF and later was recruited for a special delegation in Dubai that worked toward the Abraham Accords.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Today, Mahamid promotes Israeli-Palestinian peace as a project manager at Diploact, (https:\/\/www.diploact.com\/en) an advocacy organization that aims to shape and improve the public perception of Israel.\u00a0 He also serves as a mentor in various programs and works to empower and integrate youth from Israel\u2019s Arab minority.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To read the entire column, click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.timesofisrael.com\/israels-121st-day-of-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blogs.timesofisrael.com\/israels-121st-day-of-war\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yahya Mahamid, a young Arab-Israeli leader, educator, and Israel advocate, was profiled in a Times of Israel column by Sherwin Pomerantz. He graduated Ono Academic College with a B.Ed. degree with a major in non-profit\/public\/organizational management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":31505,"menu_order":249,"template":"","class_list":["post-31504","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories_news-updates_news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}