Mohammad Darawshe is a faculty member of the Shalom Hartman Institute and director of planning, equality, and shared society at Givat Haviva Educational Center. Mohammad resides in Israel.  Mohammad is considered a leading political analyst and expert on Jewish-Arab relations inside Israel. He has been Director of Planning, Equality and Shared Society at Givat Haviva Educational Center since 2014 (as well as between 2000 and 2005) and a Member of The Three-sector Roundtable at the Prime Minister’s office and the Strategic Planning Team Authority for Economic Development of Arab Sector at the PM’s Office. He previously was Co-Director of The Abraham Fund Initiatives (2005-13), an elected Council member of his home town Iksal (2008-2013) as well as Elections Campaign Manager for the Democratic Arab Party/United Arab List (1992-2000). In 2009 he served as a member of The National Committee which drafted a Coexistence Education policy. From 1986 to 1992, he was Program Director at Legacy International in Washington D.C. after having served as Parliamentary Assistant in the Knesset from 1984 to 1986.