| Abstrakt: |
Since its establishment, the government of Israel has fostered divisiveness through differential laws and practices towards the three principal religious groups of the Arab minority (Muslims, Christians, and Druze). The most favorable treatment has been accorded to the Druze, with Christians ranked second, and Muslims the least. The outcomes and the effects of these policies are to preserve separate ethnic and religious identities and to discourage an Arab collective national identity. This study examines the community of Shafa-amr, a religiously mixed city in Western Galilee. Differential policy is revealed in the community-specific housing and education projects for the Druze people. This study also reveals how the three religious groups were receptive to this differential treatment, thereby helping to sustain separate ethnic and religious identities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
