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1988 Equality of Opportunity in Employment Law ( hereinafter : Law” ) prohibits private and public employers from discriminating job candidates and employees on the basis of various characteristics , including nationality . Yet , since its enactment more two decades ago , the Law has rarely been applied in cases of discrimination against the Arab population , enabling this practice to unchallenged . Discrimination on the basis of nationality is one of the contributing factors to the broad disparities between Jews and in Israel in unemployment rates , fields of employment , income levels . These disparities adversely affect the national , but more importantly , they erode social solidarity and feelings of alienation and deprivation among the Arab . This policy paper proposes a new model for combating -based discrimination , seeking to create more equal opportunities for Arabs in Israel . There are two reasons for the inadequate enforcement of the Law : The enforcement system requires vi...
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