By As'ad Ghanem
Examines the problems of Palestinian-Arab political existence in Israel.
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The change in the position of the Labor Party, the heir of Mapai, began in 1970, when it agreed to accept Arabs “who serve in the security forces” as members. Later, in 1973, it dropped this condition and began to enroll Arab members unconditionally. After that Herut and the other Jewish parties also began to accept Arab members (Cohen 1985, 79). Electoral support for Jewish parties was influenced by many variables, associated with these parties’ positions toward the Arabs, the degree of control exercised by the heads of clans and communities, as well as the existence of satellite lists (see below), which attracted most of the votes of this stream.
Demands for Equality and Resolution of the Palestinian Problem. Most studies about the Arabs of Israel since the early 1970s have found that they developed a broad consensus on the question of attaining civic equality with the Jewish majority on both the individual and collective planes and crystalized their demand for the establishment of an 22 The Palestinian-Arab Minority in Israel, 1948–2000 independent Palestinian state alongside Israel (in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and Jerusalem) as a possible and appropriate resolution of the Israeli occupation of those West Bank and Gaza Strip and for the aspirations and demands of the Palestinian people.
The range of ideologies advocated atop this common platform is vast—ranging from active opposition to the very existence of the state of Israel (El Ard and the Sons of the Village movement) through rejection of its Zionist character only (the Communist Party and Progressive List) (Reiter 1989, 347). THREE-PART CLASSIFICATION The proponents of a three-part classification maintain that there are three ideological and political streams among Arabs in Israel. Rekhess (1986) enumerates three camps, as defined by their political organization.