The Palestinian-Arab Minority in Israel, 1948-2000: A Political Study / Edition 1

by As'ad Ghanem

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780791449981
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	05/16/2001
Series:	SUNY series in Israeli Studies
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

As'ad Ghanem is Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Haifa's Department of Political Science and the Peace Research Institute in Givat Haviva. He is also Codirector of the Sikkuy Association.

Table of Contents

List of Tables

Preface

PART ONE
INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

1 THE PALESTINIAN-ARAB MINORITY IN ISRAEL: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

The Palestinian National Movement before 1948
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

PART TWO
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 Israel
Criteria for Characterizing the Ideological Streams among the Arabs in Israel
Political and Ideological Streams among the Arabs in Israel

3 THE ISRAELI-ARAB STREAM

Organization and Public Support
Positions on Key Questions
Profile of the Israeli-Arab Stream

4 THE COMMUNIST STREAM

Organization and Public Support
Positions on Key Questions
Profile of the Communist Stream

5 THE NATIONAL STREAM

Organization and Public Support
Positions on Key Questions
Profile of the National Stream

6 THE ISLAMIC STREAM

Organization and Public Support
Positions on Key Questions
Profile of the Islamic Stream

7 LOCAL POLITICS:THE CLAN AS AN ALTERNATIVE STREAM

Local Elections
The Committee of Arab Local Council Heads and the Follow-up Committee for Arabs in Israel as Consensus-Based Organizations

PART THREE
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 Arabs
The Predicament of Arab Politics in the Jewish State
Civil Society as an Alternative

9 TOWARD FULFILLING THE RIGHT TO BE INCLUDED:THE ARABS' FUTURE IN A BINATIONAL PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI STATE

The Multi-Faceted Distress in the Internal Dimention of the Palestinian-Arab Minority Development
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

Appendix

Notes

References

Index

Editorial Reviews

"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

From the Publisher

Relying on personal interviews and documentary evidence, Ghanem (political science, U. of Haifa; Peace Research Institute, Givat Haviva) examines the predicament of the Palestinian-Arab citizen in Israel who is doubly-marginalized: a minority in a Jewish state, and isolated from brethren living under the Palestinian Authority. The author shows that Israeli Arabs are hardly a monolithic group by profiling their divergent political and ideological streams in a historical context. An Israeli-Palestinian bi-national state is regarded as the solution to this situation as well as to the broader conflict. Tables summarize the Arab vote in local and Knesset elections. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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