Arab women’s widespread exclusion from Israeli local councils has led to the absence of Arab women’s needs on local political agendas, and is indicative of an ongoing status quo in which Arab women are relegated to the domestic sphere and are expected to fulfill social roles based on patriarchal traditions and religious norms. Thus, by empowering and supporting Arab women to partake in the political sphere we will create a socio-cultural change that will not only change the political sphere, but the very fabric of gender-relations so that women become active, and take on leadership roles in the society.