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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Eisenstadt offers no pat political or economic solutions on what to do with these lands, but he does acknowledge that it would be impossible and undesirable to completely amalgamate the Arab population of the territories with Israel. "No one--neither Israeli nor Arab -- wants complete integration. We want good, friendly relations, but it would be unjust to them to force assimilation." He hopes for a settlement in which there is a "good political, economical, and social relationship" between the Israelis and the Arabs now under their control in "whatever political expression is most appropriate--whether as an independent nation...

Author: By Diana L. Ordin, | Title: Israel After the War: A Sociologist Views His Country | 12/17/1968 | See Source »

Although everyone hears about Israel's problems with her Arab neighbors and the newly-conquered Palestinians, few realize the impact of these international problems on Israel's own internal troubles, especially for the nearly 300,000 Arabs within Israel before...

Author: By Diana L. Ordin, | Title: Israel After the War: A Sociologist Views His Country | 12/17/1968 | See Source »

These Arabs are Israeli citizens and have all the rights and duties of citizenship except military service. "It would be testing loyalties a bit too much to force them to fight their own families," Eisenstadt said. Arabic is an officia! language of Israel...

Author: By Diana L. Ordin, | Title: Israel After the War: A Sociologist Views His Country | 12/17/1968 | See Source »

...whole, said Eisenstadt, the standard of living of the Israeli Arabs has risen, and "is probably the highest in the Arab world in per capita income." But "it is hard for them to adjust to the egalitarian society--or the approximation to it--in Israel," he said, and he tells a story he heard after the war to illustrate: "Many Arab notables from the occupied territory visited Jerusalem after the war. The Mayor of Jerusalem showed a visiting notable around the city, and when they returned to the car there was a ticket on it. The Arab asked about...

Author: By Diana L. Ordin, | Title: Israel After the War: A Sociologist Views His Country | 12/17/1968 | See Source »

...ISRAEL also has problems within its Jewish population. Originally the country was settled primarily by Jewish immigrants from Europe, but recent immigration has come increasingly from Morocco and Oriental countries with social, cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds substantially different from the highly-developed and professionalized Jewish communities of Europe. According to Eisenstadt, these Moroccan and Oriental Jews constitute 50 per cent of the Jewish population of Israel (depending on how the children are counted...

Author: By Diana L. Ordin, | Title: Israel After the War: A Sociologist Views His Country | 12/17/1968 | See Source »

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