Ajyal (Arab Division of HaShomer HaTzair)
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- Givat Haviva, Israel
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| Founded | 2006 |
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| Type | Amutah in Israel |
| Focus | Socialism, Gender Equality, Peace, Democracy |
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| Origins | Democracy, Socialism, Scouting |
Region served | Israel |
| Method | Informal education and Scouting |
| Members | c. 7,000 |
| Affiliations | IFM – SEI |
| Website | ajyal |
| Member of International Falcon Movement - Socialist Education International | |
Ajyal (Arabic: أجيال - generations) youth movement is an Arab-Israeli movement, established in 2006, and exists as an autonomous division within HaShomer HaTzair.[1]
Ajyal Youth Movement was established as a continuation of the historic "Arabic Pioneer Youth" (he),[2] which was established by Mapam in the beginning of the 1950s. As the military control over Arab-Israeli population (he) within the Green Line, the Movement gradually lost power, and by the 1980s it existed on a small scale as "The Arab Youth Movement". In 2004 it fell apart, and in 2006 there has been a shared decision to re-establish the movement as an autonomous division within HaShomer HaTzair, in order for there to exist a secular movement in the Arab sector in Israel.[3]
In 2017 Ajyal has established, alongside its Jewish Israeli partner, a school for refugees of the Syrian civil war.[4]
Ideology
The Movement bases its pedagogy on the belief in humanity, and uses informal educational methods to spread its ideas. The Movement sees education as a means of social mobility, and a main way for personal development and the development of the Arab society in Israel.[5]
The Movement chooses its ways of struggle in accordance with the needs of the society within which it exist, and its purpose is to develop a leadership to fight for social justice in Israel.[6] Since the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, Ajyal has create emergency aid in War struck communities in the Unrecognized Bedouin villages in Israel, and in the village of Arab al-Aramshe.[7] The Movement also has 3 leadership institutions, which work as a "gap year" program for academic and social orientation for young Arab Israelis.[8]
In 2010 the Movement participated in the HaShomer HaTzair's 17th National Conference (he), where Ajyal was re-introduced as HaShomer HaTzair's main partner with which a basis of dialogue between the Jewish and Arab in Israel will be created. The organization collaborates with Tzedek Centers, to foster dialogue and joint action on shared civil interests.[9][10]
Social goals
- Developing the Palestinian identity of Arab citizens of Israel
- Social justice and democratic lifestyle
- Coexistence based upon peace, cooperation and mutual respect
- Nurturing young leadership for peace, humanism and solidarity of nations
- Gender equality and the development of the status of women in the Arab society
- Solidarity and struggle against crime in the Arab sector in Israel
- Volunteering and nurturing community work, innovation and entrepreneurship
- Guarding of nature and protection of the environment[11]
