Perceiving Ethnic Space: Israeli Arabs' Cognition of the Central Galilee

  • Izhak Schnell Tel-Aviv University and Beit Berl College
Keywords: Israeli Arabs, Ethnic Space, insideness/outsideness

Abstract

The regional awareness of the Israeli Arab population in the valley of Sakhnin stresses the division of space along ethnic lines. Most of the interviewers identified a clear distinction between Arab and Jewish regions in Israel. There was a vital sense of belonging (insideness) attached to the Arab regions, in total contrast to the way in which Jewish spaces were perceived (outsideness).

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Published
2016-02-14