Netanyahu’s Democracy Excludes Israel’s Arab Citizens
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu excludes Israel’s Arab citizens from the benefits of democracy, writes Antoine Shulhut.
Since the 1980s, it has become obvious that Israel has introduced another component to its “national security”: the preservation of the Jewish aspect of the statehood.
According to many Israeli researchers, this inclination came as a result of the shrill rejection of the Jewish identity on the part of Arab-Israeli leaders and academics, especially after the events of Land Day 1976.
The bloody clashes resulted in tensions between the Israeli political authority and Arab-Israelis, which have only grown over the three past decades.
The volatile climate is heading towards more escalation, ever since the political explosion between Israel and the Palestinians in 2000.
