The Arabs in Israel

Smooha, Sammy; Peretz, Don

doi:10.1177/0022002782026003003

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“…Some examples of such rights include the power to establish cultural self rule or non-geographic, institutional self-rule. 57 The state wishes to maintain its Jewish identity and character through segregation, an act accomplished trough statutory, political and municipal means. Walls have been built in some Arab neighborhoods in the [integrated] coastal cities like Al-Lydd and Al-Ramla separating the Jewish neighborhoods from the Arab neighborhoods, caging them inside their own neighborhoods.…”

Section: Recent State Of Affairsmentioning

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The Palestinians in Israel: The Challenge of the Indigenous Group Politics in the ‘Jewish State'

Ghanem¹,

Mustafa²

2011

Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs

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The Palestinians in Israel are those Palestinians who remained on their land during the Nakba in 1948, and later became Israeli citizens. The political discourse of Palestinians in Israel has moved during the last two decades, since the Oslo agreement, from the individual achievements level to the politics of rights on the collective level, and to the politics of identity. This discourse is considered of utmost importance in the politics of indigenous marginalized groups within colonial entities. Similarly, it represents a change in the evolution of the political discourse of Palestinians in Israel throughout the last two decades. In the following article we will analyze the main political changes that occurred among the Palestinian minority in Israel since 1948 and the main challenges that they raise for the Palestinians in facing the "Jewish state".

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Section: Recent State Of Affairsmentioning

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The Palestinians in Israel: The Challenge of the Indigenous Group Politics in the ‘Jewish State'

Ghanem¹,

Mustafa²

2011

Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs

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“…In addition, it could also solve the Arab citizens' moral dilemma. Indeed, research findings in the mid-1990's, when the peace process was in gear and Rabin's government made important overtures to the Arab population, especially in budget allocations designed to narrow inequalities, revealed 'growing integration into Israeli society and politics on the one hand, and a growing distance from Palestinian identity and politics on the other' (Smooha 1998).…”

Section: The Palestinian Citizens Of Israelmentioning

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We are here, they are there: between peace and exclusion in Israel/Palestine

Ben‐Porat

2008

Citizenship Studies

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The purpose of this work is to offer a critique of partition, not on the basis of its impact on the relations between the sides to the dispute, but on its implications for majorityminority relations inside the (non-homogeneous) state. Using the Israeli-Palestinian example, the paper argues that the dynamics of partition idealize the notion of a homogeneous nation-state and, consequently, marginalize minorities and accentuate internal political divisions. Specifically, Israeli policymakers' 'demographic trade-off' between territorial compromise and a 'Jewish state' underscores some of the recent national tensions within Israel over the citizenship status of the minority Palestinians.

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“…After all, the continuing Arab-Israeli conflict makes doubtful even much less comprehensive options of change; and even if (hopefully) this conflict will be resolved it most likely will revolve around a "two (nation) states solution," not a bi-national solution. 59 4. Another question must be asked: has the dissonance between the legal promise towards Arabic and the sociopolitical reality of Arabic been challenged as much as it could be?…”

Section: Can the Sociopolitical Status Of Arabic Be Radically Chamentioning

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The Status of Arabic in Israel: Refiections on the Power of Law to Produce Social Change

Saban¹,

Amara²

2002

Isr. law rev.

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The status of Arabic in Israel gives rise to question. Israel is a rare case of an ethnic nation-state that grants the language of minority group with a legal status which is prima facie one of equality. Both Hebrew and Arabic are the official languages of the State of Israel. What are the reasons for this special state of affairs? The answer is threefold: historic, sociological and legal. In various ways the potential inherent in the legal status of Arabic has been depleted of content, and as a result of that, as well as other reasons, the socio-political status of Arabic closely resembles what you would expect the status of a language of a minority group in a state that identifies itself as the state of the majority group to be. This answer, however, is another source of puzzlement -how does such a dissonance between law and practice evolve, what perpetuates it for so long, is change possible, is it to be expected?We present an analysis of the legal status of Arabic in Israel and at the same time we proceed to try and answer the questions regarding the gap between the legal and the sociopolitical status of Arabic. We reach some of our answers through a comparison with the use of law to change the

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The Arabs in Israel

Cited by 27 publications

References 5 publications

The Palestinians in Israel: The Challenge of the Indigenous Group Politics in the ‘Jewish State'

The Palestinians in Israel: The Challenge of the Indigenous Group Politics in the ‘Jewish State'

We are here, they are there: between peace and exclusion in Israel/Palestine

The Status of Arabic in Israel: Refiections on the Power of Law to Produce Social Change

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