Intensive Arabic Semester

The Intensive Arabic Semester is a program run by the Givat Haviva Institute for Peace. We work alongside members of Masa Israel and Kibbutz Barkai to provide this program for our students. We have a large, dedicated staff that works together to help our students throughout the program. 

We decided to start this program because we felt that amongst the many program for students to come and learn Hebrew in Israel, there wasn't yet a program for foreign students to come to Israel and learn the other national language, Arabic. We began the program in 2008 and are currently hosting our fifth semester.

Our staff represent a wide variety of histories and viewpoints, but we all support a peaceful existence in Israel and the surrounding areas and feel that education and mutual understanding is the path to a better future.

We offer two semester programs per year. Our spring semester begins January 15 and ends June 15 and our fall semester begins July 15 and ends on December 15. If you are interested in joining our program, request information here and one of our representatives will get back to you as soon as possible.