Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Other Palestinian Problem
- PART I THE CONFLICT WITHIN
- 1 Palestinians in Israel
- 2 Palestinian Politics in a Jewish State
- 3 A Radicalized Minority?
- 4 The Jewish Majority and the Arab “Other”
- PART II MANAGING THE CONFLICT
- Conclusion: A Comprehensive Resolution of the Palestinian Problem
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - A Radicalized Minority?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Other Palestinian Problem
- PART I THE CONFLICT WITHIN
- 1 Palestinians in Israel
- 2 Palestinian Politics in a Jewish State
- 3 A Radicalized Minority?
- 4 The Jewish Majority and the Arab “Other”
- PART II MANAGING THE CONFLICT
- Conclusion: A Comprehensive Resolution of the Palestinian Problem
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This state came here and was enforced on the ruins of my nation. I accepted citizenship to be able to live here, and I will not do anything, security-wise, against the state. I am not going to conspire against the state, but you cannot ask me every day if I am loyal to the state. Citizenship demands from me to be loyal to the law, but not to the values or ideologies of the state. It is enough to be loyal to the law.
Azmi Bishara, Palestinian Arab leaderThe Palestinian Arab minority in Israel today is highly politicized. This was not always the case. It has undergone a gradual process of politicization over time, which has reached its zenith in recent years. As the previous chapter demonstrated, over the last six decades there has been a clear trend of greater political activism and self-assertion among Palestinian citizens of Israel. In stark contrast to their political quiescence during Israel's early years (1948–1967), members of the Palestinian minority (especially its younger members) have become increasingly mobilized and vocal in expressing their dissatisfaction with their “second-class” status within Israel. During the last four decades or so, they have staged countless protests, rallies, strikes, and demonstrations. They have cast off the co-opted, acquiescent, traditional leadership that once represented them in favor of younger, bolder leaders who are willing to openly challenge the Israeli-Jewish establishment.
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- Israel’s PalestiniansThe Conflict Within, pp. 78 - 102Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011