Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh to become The Jewish Agency for Israel’s and The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington’s first Druze emissary.
Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh, the first female Druze member of Israel’s legislature, is going to Washington, DC, as a senior shlicha (Israeli emissary) on behalf of The Jewish Agency for Israel. Kamal-Mreeh will also support Israel engagement efforts on North American college campuses.
The groundbreaking appointment of the first Druze senior shlicha to represent The Jewish Agency was coordinated jointly with the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.
Kamal-Mreeh will join more than 2,000 Israeli emissaries stationed in more than 60 countries, including 10 already working in the Greater Washington region, working to strengthen local connections to Israel and facilitate Jewish social activism.
“Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh’s personal and professional journey make her a powerful embodiment of Israeli society’s diversity and complexity,” said Amira Ahronoviz, The Jewish Agency’s Director General and CEO.
She added that “this unprecedented appointment will bring greater awareness regarding that diverse landscape to the United States as part of our efforts to strengthen understanding of Israel worldwide.”
The Druze of northern Israel are a tiny religious and ethnic minority. Neither Muslim nor Christian, they comprise just 145,000 of the country’s 1.95 million Arab citizens. Yet Druze Israelis are well represented at senior levels in academia, politics, the military, science, medicine, arts, sports and business.
📸 David Salem
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