Abstract
One of the most important questions raised by the establishment of the Palestinian Authority under PLO leader Yasser Arafat concerns the likelihood of secessionist tendencies among Israeli Arabs, the probability of irredentist behaviour by the Palestinian Authority, and the likely impact of both on the territorial and political integrity of the State of Israel. The following article addresses the question by analyzing the historical relationship between the PLO and Israeli Arabs through the theoretical prism of the politicization‐radicalization debate engaged by scholars studying the relationship between the Arabs of Israel and the Jewish State.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 446-464 |
| Journal | Nationalism and Ethnic Politics |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1996 |