Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
The Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2021) 141-160
Keywords:
Palestinian Arabs Legal status, laws, etc.
;
Palestinian Arabs Economic conditions
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Palestinian Arabs Political activity
;
Palestinian Arabs Social conditions
;
Palestinian Arabs Government policy
Abstract:
Israel’s Declaration of Independence proclaims full equality for all of Israel’s citizens and calls upon members of the Arab nation “to participate in the upbuilding of the State on the basis of full and equal citizenship.” This pledge has not been kept. On the one hand, the government is using its majority to legislate laws that undermine the status and legitimacy of the Arab citizens. On the other, since 2007 the same government has been investing a great deal of money in improving the economic conditions in the Arab localities. The tenuous relationship between Jews and Arabs is under constant pressure. Nonetheless, a change has begun to surface tacitly in the official state policy toward Arab citizens, recognizing the justification of equality, in economic terms. The three subsequent Knesset elections held in 2019–2020 strengthened the political representation and clout of the Arab citizens; however, the discriminating barrier, preventing their recognition as legitimate partners in the government coalition, has not been removed.
DOI:
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190675585.013.9
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