The Arab Spring initially ignited excitement for Arab society in Israel. But following the outbreak of the uprising in Syria, Israeli-Arab attitudes shifted. This book demonstrates why the Arab Spring, and especially the war in Syria, provoked such deep fragmentation for Palestinians in Israel. Based on governmental and public surveys, the book shows that many more Arab-Palestinian citizens became supportive of instrumental integration with Israeli politics following the Arab Spring. But the momentous events convinced other Arab citizens to abandon the connection between finding a solution for the Palestinian problem if it involved integration with the state. At the same time, this book reveals that the younger generations wanted to search for alternatives to replace the existing political frameworks completely and were inspired to form a new model of political activism. This is the first study to explore how the Arab Spring affected Arab society in Israel in terms of identity, political discourse and behaviour. In doing so it covers the new policy adopted by the central government in Israel, formed after 2011 to strengthen civic discourse amongst Arab citizens. It has been neither Israelization nor Zionization; but Instrumental integration which meets the conditional citizenship offered by the state.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface.
Chapter 1: The Popular Uprisings: A General Overview..
Introduction.
The Arab Spring as a formative event
Why did the popular uprisings erupt in the Arab world?
Israel and the 'Arab Spring'
Chapter 2: The Arab Minority in Israel and the Arab World - An Ambivalent Relationship.
Background.
The status of the Arab minority in the Jewish State.
Reciprocal political relations between the Arab minority in Israel and the Arab world.
Chapter 3: The Political Discourse on the Arab Spring within Arab Society in Israel
The political factions within Arab society in Israel
A confused discourse amid the disintegration of the political order in the Arab world.
The Arab Spring in the eyes of educated Arabs in Israel
The Arab Spring as an Arab renaissance - supporters of the Spring.
Resistance above all: Those who sympathise with the Ba'ath regime.
The 'essentialist ethical' camp.
Chapter 4: Organising among the Younger Arab Generation in Israel: A Stillborn Movement
A new generation in the Arab world: The protest leaders.
The educated youth who took events into their own hands.
New media in the service of the younger generation's civil protests.
Why was there no Palestinian 'Young Spring'?
The 'Arab Spring' and the younger generation of Palestinians in Israel
The young generation within Arab society in Israel
The Kifah (Struggle) Movement
Shabab el-Taghyeer (Youth for Change)
Al-Harik Al-Shababi (The Youth Movement)
Urfod - Refuse, Your People will Protect You.
Fundraising campaigns for Syrian refugees.
Humanity Crew.
Political activism influenced by the 'Arab Spring'
Chapter 5: Undermining the National Discourse: Civil Debate, Communalism and Religiosity within Arab Society in Israel
Real-life behaviour within a changing reality.
Arabs in military/national service and in the police.
A shift in government policy towards Arab citizens: From security threat to economic burden.
Housing Plan No. 4432 (The Trajtenberg Committee)
Economic Plan No. 922.
Israel's Muslim population and the Islamic State.
Christian Arabs and the 'Arab Spring': The dream and its demise.
The Druze and their fears for survival
Mansur Abbas's turn-about: Rising from the bottom, not imposed from above.
The Breakup of The Joint List and the March 2021 Election.
Arab Society in Israel following Hamas's Attack on 7th October
Chapter 6: The Normativisation of Clanism in the Wake of the 'Arab Spring'
The Development of the Clanism Concept and Theory.
Clans in the Arab world.
Clanism in Palestinian society.
Clanism as a mechanism of rule by the Israeli Military Government
The clan framework over time.
Clanism as a mechanism of rule: from the inception of the state to the abolishment of the military government
Political parties, clans, and the betrayal of the educated class.
The institutionalization of the clans in the wake of the 'Arab Spring'
Results of the Arab local authority elections, 1978 ? 2018.
Conclusions.
An Epilogue
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