In the long run, we want them to be confident enough to enter the local schools and monitor what is happening there. This is a unique program that we have developed, first in our twin Baqa center in Majd al-Krum and now here. We are paying a high price for the lack of a good educational system in Jaffa. Many parents, out of despair, send their children to Jewish schools. This in turn leads to a complete loss of linguistic and historical identity.
Arab children learn to despise both themselves and their community.
Yet as much as they try to enter Jewish society, they'll always be rejected. I'm always shocked to see that half of our Arab youth cannot read Arabic. This has to change if we want to build a healthy society, aware of its national roots and culture. You are the youngest of the ODA's candidates, yet the first two candidates, Samya Nasser and Wehbe Badarneh are also young. I'd like to point out that most of the members of our party are young.