Mayor Ibrahim Nimr Hussein of the Israeli Arab town of Shfaram will be honored for his efforts to promote understanding and goodwill between Arabs and Jews.
He will receive a medal awarded annually by the Movement for a Better Israel, a non-political group of about 1,200 of Jews and Arabs seeking amity between the two communities.
Hussein was recommended for the award by the mayors of Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Ata and Tivon who said their towns had excellent relations with Shfaram due largely to the Arab mayor’s efforts. Problems that arose between them over the years were solved amicably through negotiations “conducted in an atmosphere of goodwill,” they said.
Hussein was also cited for his tolerance in dealing with the minority Christian and Druze communities in Shfaram.
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