Our Vision and Principles
"Neighbors for Joint Development in the Galilee" is an Arab Jewish non-profit organization that views the Heart of the Galilee region as the home of all of its residents, a home that with creative planning can be developed for the good of all the communities residing in it.
Neighbors is committed to a regional and sustainable approach to planning and development. This approach will allow all residents of the region to realize their economic, cultural, and social potential, while preserving the environment and landscape unique to the region.
Neighbors' members include engineers, architects, regional and urban planners, environmentalists and other professionals who volunteer their time for the pursuit of these goals. The founders of the organization viewed the violence that erupted in the region in October 2000 as a warning notice obligating all those who reject violence, Jewish and Arab, to work together for their common future. Neighbors will initiate activities that will enable all residents of the region to participate in this important effort.
Neighbors' planning model is one that combines cross-communal cooperation together with the expression of mutual respect for the cultural uniqueness of the other.
Neighbors' members work within the existing frameworks of the national and local governments and planning committees to create new ways of thinking about the social, communal, and cultural reality and its effect on land allocation in Israel.
We believe that the planning, development and preservation of the Galilee must be done through a partnership with those who live in and love the Galilee. |
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61, Sah'nin, 20167. Tel. 04-6744898 info@neighbors.org.il