A Multicultural Entrapment: Religion and State among the Palestinian-Arabs in Israel. By Michael Karayanni

[...]the cases described involve members of religious minorities who challenged the state for (allegedly) infringing on their rights by violating their religious freedom. [...]because Israel is defined as a Jewish state, matters of Jewish religion are considered public whereas matters of other religions are considered to belong to the private realm. [...]in view of the prevailing differentiation between the amount of intervention appropriate for each of those realms, the lack of discussion regarding private matters appears legitimate and even proper. [...]the Jewish religion is the majority religion, and thus there is no obstacle to examining whether the arrangements concerning its adherents are suitable. Regarding the fact that Israeli soldiers serving on the West Bank do not rape Palestinian women despite having the opportunity to do so, the researcher argued that the reason was the Israeli soldier's failure to perceive West Bank Palestinians as human beings equal to Israelis.