TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceptions of Violent National-Political Protest among Arabs Living in Israel
T2 - A Pilot Study
AU - Cohen-Louck, Keren
AU - Bensimon, Moshe
AU - Malinovsky, Mariana Halellya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - This pilot study examines the perceptions of Arabs living in Israel (ALI) regarding violent national-political protests (VNPP). ALI, exposed to VNPP by organizations of their own ethnic minority, are trapped in a political and cultural conflict between their state and their nation. Qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with 15 Muslim ALI identified four possible groups presenting four types of VNPP perceptions: (a) justifiers, who regard VNPP as a legitimate means of protecting the Palestinians and who profess Palestinian identity; (b) opponents, who strongly condemn VNPP and who profess Israeli identity; (c) those understanding but disagreeing with VNPP, professing a dual Palestinian-Israeli identity; and (d) the ambivalents, representing people with internal conflicts and mixed feelings regarding the Palestinian VNPP and their own identity. The study contributes to the understanding of how a group of ALI perceives the Palestinian VNPP, and implies that this population consists of different groups, each with its own unique identity.
AB - This pilot study examines the perceptions of Arabs living in Israel (ALI) regarding violent national-political protests (VNPP). ALI, exposed to VNPP by organizations of their own ethnic minority, are trapped in a political and cultural conflict between their state and their nation. Qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with 15 Muslim ALI identified four possible groups presenting four types of VNPP perceptions: (a) justifiers, who regard VNPP as a legitimate means of protecting the Palestinians and who profess Palestinian identity; (b) opponents, who strongly condemn VNPP and who profess Israeli identity; (c) those understanding but disagreeing with VNPP, professing a dual Palestinian-Israeli identity; and (d) the ambivalents, representing people with internal conflicts and mixed feelings regarding the Palestinian VNPP and their own identity. The study contributes to the understanding of how a group of ALI perceives the Palestinian VNPP, and implies that this population consists of different groups, each with its own unique identity.
KW - Arabs living in Israel
KW - collective identity
KW - ethnic minority
KW - trapped minority
KW - violence national political protest
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85090062513&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0306624X20952392
DO - 10.1177/0306624X20952392
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C2 - 32865066
AN - SCOPUS:85090062513
SN - 0306-624X
VL - 65
SP - 282
EP - 302
JO - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
JF - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
IS - 2-3
ER -