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Examines the difficulties of Palestinian-Arab political life in Israel.
2001 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
As'ad Ghanem provides a comprehensive description of the political development of the Palestinian-Arab minority in Israel and also discusses their social, cultural, and economic experiences. Covering two main aspects of politics-the different manifestations of politics and the dilemmas created by these politics-he presents the predicament of the Palestinian-Arab minority in Israel, which derives from the ethnic character of the State of Israel and their isolation from other Palestinians, and proposes the Israeli-Palestinian bi-national state as a suitable resolution not only for this problem but also for the main Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
"A thorough treatment of the various political currents in the Israeli-Arab sector. Ghanem combines documentary evidence and personal interviews to provide insight into the complex working of core political movements among the Arab minority in Israel." — Elia Zureik, author of The Palestinians in Israel: A Study in Internal Colonialism
"A solid and important work that presents a more thorough analysis of the politics of this Palestinian-Arab community than any of the other comparable studies." — Donna Robinson Divine, author of Politics and Society in Ottoman Palestine: The Arab Struggle for Survival and Power
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Preface
PART ONE
INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
1 THE PALESTINIAN-ARAB MINORITY IN ISRAEL: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Palestinian National Movement before 1948PART TWO
Two Distinct Periods in the History of the Palestinian-Arab Minority in Israel
Factors That Influence the Political Development of the Palestinian-Arab Minority in Israel
PALESTINIAN-ARABS IN ISRAEL: DIFFERENT MANIFESTATIONS OF POLITICS
2 POLITICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL STREAMS AMONG THE PALESTINIAN-ARAB MINORITY IN ISRAEL
Classification of the Ideological and Political Streams among the Arabs in Israel3 THE ISRAELI-ARAB STREAM
Criteria for Characterizing the Ideological Streams among the Arabs in Israel
Political and Ideological Streams among the Arabs in Israel
Organization and Public Support4 THE COMMUNIST STREAM
Positions on Key Questions
Profile of the Israeli-Arab Stream
Organization and Public Support5 THE NATIONAL STREAM
Positions on Key Questions
Profile of the Communist Stream
Organization and Public Support6 THE ISLAMIC STREAM
Positions on Key Questions
Profile of the National Stream
Organization and Public Support7 LOCAL POLITICS:THE CLAN AS AN ALTERNATIVE STREAM
Positions on Key Questions
Profile of the Islamic Stream
Local ElectionsPART THREE
The Committee of Arab Local Council Heads and the Follow-up Committee for Arabs in Israel as Consensus-Based Organizations
THE POLITICAL DISTRESS OF THE PALESTINIAN-ARABS IN ISRAEL:LOOKING FOR WAYS OUT OF THE PREDICAMENT
8 THE POLITICAL DISTRESS OF THE PALESTINIAN-ARAB MINORITY AS A REFLECTION OF THE "JEWISH STATE " APPARATUS
State and Majority Commitment to the Zionist-Jewish Nature of Israel:Excluding the Arabs9 TOWARD FULFILLING THE RIGHT TO BE INCLUDED:THE ARABS' FUTURE IN A BINATIONAL PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI STATE
The Predicament of Arab Politics in the Jewish State
Civil Society as an Alternative
The Multi-Faceted Distress in the Internal Dimention of the Palestinian-Arab Minority DevelopmentAppendix
Toward Normalization of the Situation of the Arabs in IsraelThe Binational Reality in Mandatory Palestine/Eretz Israel
Historical Sources for the Binational Idea
Factors Delaying a Separation between Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip:Factors Raising the Likelihood of the Establishment of a Joint State
A Binational Model for Israeli-Palestinian Relations
The Palestinian-Arabs in Israel and the Binational System
Notes
References
Index