Israeli Arabs post 1967

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Israeli Arabs post 1967

• between Israeli Citizenship and Palestinian
  Nationalism

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Before 1967

• 1956 The shock of Kaffar Kasem Massacre
• Softening restrictions
• 1966 final abolition of military regime
• Gradual mutual rapprochement
• Growing political involvement

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Post 1967

• Removing the border between Israeli Arabs and
  Palestinian Arabs ? nationalization
• Growing awareness of discrimination
• The problem of division between national
  consciousness and loyal citizenship
• 1976 First Land Day

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Between Two Loyalties

• In state of war - The first Intifada 1987-1993
• Palestinian pressure to join
• Israel tightening security separation
• Post Oslo Era 1993-
• Growing hopes for solving the dilemma

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Escalating Problem

• 1995 assassination of Rabin
• 2000 The Fiasco of Camp David
• The Second Intifada
• The Arab Rebellion in Northern Israel
• Israel conduct in trap between Arab citizenship
  and Arab nationalism
• Arabs demand to define Israeli as non-Jewish
  nation -gt Growing demand for removing Jewish
  symbols of the state