ISBN:
0300066856
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 300 S.
Year of publication:
1997
DDC:
305.8/0095694
Keywords:
CULTURAL IDENTITY
;
Ethnicité - Israël
;
Etnische betrekkingen
;
ISRAEL
;
Identiteit
;
Identité collective - Israël
;
MINORITIES
;
NATIONALISM
;
PALESTINIANS
;
Palestijnen
;
Palestiniens - Israël - Identité collective
;
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
;
Identität
;
Ethnicity
;
Group identity
;
Palestinian Arabs Ethnic identity
;
Nahostkonflikt
;
Konfliktvermeidung
;
Palästinenser
;
Ethnische Identität
;
Israël - Relations interethniques
;
Israel Ethnic relations
;
Palästinensische Autonomiegebiete
;
Israel
;
Israel
;
Ethnische Identität
;
Palästinenser
;
Israel
;
Palästinenser
;
Palästinensische Autonomiegebiete
;
Nahostkonflikt
;
Konfliktvermeidung
Abstract:
Nadim Rouhana, who grew up as a Palestinian in Israel, draws on surveys, interviews, and archival research to examine how the Palestinian identity has evolved in response to Israel's three guiding - and conflicting - principles: Israel as a Jewish state, as a democracy, and as a state with deep security needs. He discusses the consequences of Israel's ideology, policy, and practices toward the Arab minority; the effect of major developments in the Arab world, particularly in the Palestinian communities in exile and in the West Bank and Gaza; and the impact of changes within the Palestinian community in Israel such as demography, level of education, socio-economic structure, and political culture. Arguing that in a multiethnic state, conflict becomes inevitable unless citizenship emerges as a common and equally meaningful identity to the various ethnonational groups, he concludes by exploring the possibilities of negotiating a new and common identity between Israel and its Arab minority.
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