Dr. Khaled Abu-Asbah

Dr. Khaled Abu-Asbah is the Director of the Massar Institute for Research, Planning and Educational Counseling and a lecturer on Education and Sociology at the Beit Berl Academic College. Dr. Abu-Asbah holds a BA and MA in Education and received his Doctorate on Sociology and Anthropology from Bar Ilan University. His dissertation was on "Family and School Perceptions as an Indicator for Arab-Israeli Student Involvement in Violence." At the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Abu-Asbah heads the project on the Strategy for the Advancement of Arab-Israeli Citizens in Israel.

Recent Publications

• K. Abu-Asbah and L. Avishai, Perspectives on the Advancement of Arab Society in Israel, No. 1 , Recommendations for the Improvement of the Arab Education System in Israel, Jerusalem: The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, 2007
• K. Abu-Asbah, The Arab Education System in Israel: Dilemmas of a National Minority , Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies, 2007 (Hebrew)
• K. Abu-Asbah, The Israeli Education System – Content and Structure , Ramallah: Madar, The Palestinian Centre for Israeli Studies, 2006 (Hebrew)
• K. Abu-Asbah, "Unresolved Issues in the Arab Education System: Before and After the Dovrat Report," in D. Inbar (ed.), A Revolution in Education? , Jerusalem and Tel Aviv: The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House, 2006, pp. 248-261 (Hebrew)
• S. Dichter and K. Abu-Asbah, "Two Peoples, One Civil Society," in E. Kaufman, W. Salem and J. Verhoeven (eds.), Bridging The Divide, Peacebuilding in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict , London: Lynne Rienner, 2006, pp. 171-190
• K. Abu-Asbah, "The Arab Education System in Israel: Development and a Current Snapshot," in A. Haidar (ed.), Arab Society in Israel: Economy, Society, Population (1) , Jerusalem and Tel Aviv: The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House, 2005, pp. 201-221 (Hebrew)
• K. Abu-Asbah, "The Arab Education System in Israel," S. Hasson and K. Abu-Asbah (eds.), Jews and Arabs in Israel in a Changing Reality , Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies, 2004, pp. 81-97 (Hebrew)