Minority Affairs Minister of Israel
- Minority Affairs Minister of Israel
The Minority Affairs Minister of Israel was a short-lived portfolio in the Israeli cabinet. It existed in the provisional government between 1948 and 1949, [ [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/signers.html The Signatories of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel] Jewish Virtual Library] and was held by Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit, an Arabic speaker who was popular with the country's Arab population.
The ministry was founded after independence, and was the only new ministry not based on Yishuv institutions. [Peled, Alisa Rubin (2002) "The Other Side of 1948: The Forgotten Benevolence of Bechor Shalom Shitrit and the Ministry of Minority Affairs" Israel Affairs, Vol.8, No.3, pp 84-103] Sheetrit attempted to promote integration and equality, but was hamstrung by the Military Government, which controlled most Arab areas after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, as well as Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, who vetoed Sheetrit's proposal for an Arab advisory council in the ministry.[Dowty, Alan (1988) [http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft709nb49x&doc.view=content&chunk.id=s1.9.30&toc.depth=1&anchor.id=0&brand=eschol The Jewish State : A Century Later] University of California Press] ]Following disagreements with the Ministry of Religions and the Military government (which controlled most Arab areas after the war had ended), the Ministry of Minority Affairs was closed in 1949.[ Following its closure, Arab-related matters were handled by an advisor on Arab affairs in the Prime Minister's Office.]On 18 June 1999 Moshe Katsav was appointed Minister for Israeli Arab Affairs. [ [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2002/10/Moshe%20Katsav Moshe Katsav] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs] However, the post was abolished when the next government was formed on 6 July that year.
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