Yafit
Hillel

Yifat Hillel is a PhD candidate in the field of education, focusing on the political imagination in Jewish–Arab relationships, particularly within the Hagar Association’s initiatives. This association promotes shared life between Jews and Arabs in Beersheba through bilingual education and community life. Her research uses member experiences and educational materials of these collectives to understand their perceived political reality. The study explores the possibilities, limitations, and potential futures in their political imagination and implications for Israeli democracy.

Yifat explores the possibilities, limitations, and potential futures in Jewish–Arab relationships and the implications for Israeli democracy.

Yifat holds a BA in behavioural sciences and an MA in sociology from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She was born and raised in Beersheba and now resides in Omer. She has been actively involved in social and educational activism over the past quarter century and continues to be engaged in these efforts. Her well-being is supported by her three children, her partner, yoga, and hope for a better future.