Arab Citizens in Israel is a partner in the upcoming project. Mobile Academy Project: The proposed project intends to work within some of Israel's most weakened communities to provide participants with the knowledge, consciousness, skills and tools to stand up for their rights to decent and fair education, housing, employment and cultural expression. The Mobile Academy targets four cities that have large concentrations of disempowered groups, such as Mizrahim, immigrants from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union, and Arabs, which inhabit poor and resource-deprived neighborhoods. Accomplishments Public Housing Reform: During the 90’s, the Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow–New Discourse played a major role in passing 3 laws that created meaningful change in public housing rights. The laws include The Public Housing Law, which enabled tens of thousands of poor people throughout the country to obtain ownership of their previously publicly owned rented homes, in 1998, The Public House Tenants Rights Law, also in 1998, and The Public House Tenants Regulations in 2000. Winning the legendary 2002 High Court of Justice case on social housing rights, which has influenced national policy-making as well as the practice of house ownership by disadvantaged and minority groups all over the country. This case was a legal precedent on distributive justice, and is taught in law schools. On August 28, 2002, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow–New Discourse appeal and against the Israel Lands Administration in decisions no. 727, 737 and 727. A High Court petition was submitted in 2003 by the Land Forum, whose members include the Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow–New Discourse, Bimakom, Adam, Teva Ve Din and the Human Right Association, to minimize the Israeli Lands Administration use of procedures that change land destinations from agricultural to non-agricultural use, benefitting corporations over the public interest. The publication of a number of highly respected academic publications. References Katz, Sue, "What's Left of the Left in Israel", Z Magazine, December 2004, 16-19. English-language page on their official site Anti-racist organizations in Israel Human rights organizations based in Israel Jewish anti-racism Mizrahi Jewish culture in Israel