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About: Jewish state is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1065 publications have been published within this topic receiving 11798 citations.


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01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: In this paper, the drive for an exclusively Jewish state was discussed and a master plan for ethnic cleansing was proposed, based on UN Resolution 181 and its impact on the creation of the State of Israel.
Abstract: List of Illustrations, Maps and Tables Acknowledgements Preface 1 An 'Alleged' Ethnic Cleansing? 2 The Drive for an Exclusively Jewish State 3 Partition and Destruction: UN Resolution 181 and its Impact 4 Finalising a Master Plan 5 The Blueprint for Ethnic Cleansing: Plan Dalet 6 The Phony War and the Real War over Palestine: May 1948 7 The Escalation of the Cleansing Operations: June--September 1948 8 Completing the Job: October 1948--January 1949 9 Occupation and its Ugly Faces 10 The Memoricide of the Nakba 11 Nakba Denial and the 'Peace Process' 12 Fortress Israel Epilogue Endnotes Chronology Maps and Tables Bibliography Index

409 citations

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Yoav Peled1
TL;DR: The Arab citizenship status, while much more restricted than the Jewish, has both induced and enabled Arabs to conduct their political struggles within the framework of the law, in sharp contrast to the noncitizen Arabs of the occupied territories as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The citizenship status of its Arab citizens is the key to Israel's ability to function as an ethnic democracy, that is, a political system combining democratic institutions with the dominance of one ethnic group. The confluence of republicanism and ethnonationalism with liberalism, as principles of legitimation, has resulted in two types of citizenship: republican for Jews and liberal for Arabs. Thus, Arab citizens enjoy civil and political rights but are barred from attending to the common good.The Arab citizenship status, while much more restricted than the Jewish, has both induced and enabled Arabs to conduct their political struggles within the framework of the law, in sharp contrast to the noncitizen Arabs of the occupied territories. It may thus serve as a model for other dominant ethnic groups seeking to maintain both their dominance and a democratic system of government.

367 citations

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01 Jan 1990
TL;DR: The tension between the constitutional definition of Israel as both a Jewish state and a democracy committed to equal rights for all its citizens is examined in this paper. But it is not discussed how the Israeli legal system copes with these issues.
Abstract: This study examines how the Israeli legal system copes with two major issues. The first is the tension between the constitutional definition of Israel as both a Jewish state and a democracy committed to equal rights for all its citizens. The second issue is the delicate position of a national minority in a state which, since its establishment, has been involved in a bitter conflict with the Palestine nation to which that minority belongs.

250 citations

Book
01 Jan 1997
TL;DR: The authors examines the situation of Arab Palestinian citizens of Israel, analyzing how the Palestinian collective identity has been shaped by social and political forces and how it poses major challenges to israel's policies, structure, and identity.
Abstract: What kind of relationship must be built between states and their ethnic minorities in order to avoid intergroup conflict? This book examines the situation of Arab Palestinian citizens of Israel, analyzing how the Palestinian collective identity has been shaped by social and political forces and how it poses major challenges to israel's policies, structure, and identity. 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, socioeconomic 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.

210 citations


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202322
202245
20216
202020
201924
201820