May 16, 2014

The Ambiguities of Minority Patriotism: Love for Homeland Versus State Among Palestinian Citizens of Israel

The author sheds light on minority patriotism in ethno-national states, utilizing the experience of the Arab minority in Israel to demonstrate how patriotism develops in clear interdependence with the dominant ethos of the state. According to the author, Arab patriotic attachment has gradually shifted from civic Israeli to Palestinian patriotism because the dominant ethnic citizenship model in Israeli political culture fails to incorporate the national or cultural identity of all Israeli citizens equally, rendering Israeli patriotism among Arab citizens more questionable.

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