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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Bad-news-and-good-nonnews-Israeli-Arabs-and-Western-values-478305
Israeli Arabs Seeking Integration into Israel
(Jerusalem Post) Amnon Rubinstein - According to the latest annual poll by the Israel Democracy Institute among Israeli Arabs, who constitute a fifth of Israel's citizenry, only 12% said that their identity was Palestinian. For 25% it was Israeli, for 29% it was their religion, and for 24% it was Arab. Israeli Arabs are seeking integration into the Israeli economy and society, as seen in the dramatic growth in the number of Arab students in universities and of civil servants in government. In the popular culture, a novel by an Arab author hit the Hebrew best-seller list, while Arab-subject melodramas are popular on the Hebrew TV screen. 10% of Israel's judges are Arab as well as many of its doctors; 20% of pharmacists are Arab. The writer is a professor at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and a former minister of education.