As'ad Ghanem is Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Haifa's Department of Political Science and the Peace Research Institute in Givat Haviva. He is also Codirector of the Sikkuy Association.

"A thorough treatment of the various political currents in the Israeli-Arab sector. Ghanem combines documentary evidence and personal interviews to provide insight into the complex working of core political movements among the Arab minority in Israel." — Elia Zureik, author of The Palestinians in Israel: A Study in Internal Colonialism"A solid and important work that presents a more thorough analysis of the politics of this Palestinian-Arab community than any of the other comparable studies." — Donna Robinson Divine, author of Politics and Society in Ottoman Palestine: The Arab Struggle for Survival and Power

• List of TablesPrefacePART ONEINTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 1 THE PALESTINIAN-ARAB MINORITY IN ISRAEL: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The Palestinian National Movement before 1948Two Distinct Periods in the History of the Palestinian-Arab Minority in IsraelFactors That Influence the Political Development of the Palestinian-Arab Minority in Israel PART TWOPALESTINIAN-ARABS IN ISRAEL: DIFFERENT MANIFESTATIONS OF POLITICS 2 POLITICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL STREAMS AMONG THE PALESTINIAN-ARAB MINORITY IN ISRAEL Classification of the Ideological and Political Streams among the Arabs in IsraelCriteria for Characterizing the Ideological Streams among the Arabs in IsraelPolitical and Ideological Streams among the Arabs in Israel 3 THE ISRAELI-ARAB STREAM Organization and Public SupportPositions on Key QuestionsProfile of the Israeli-Arab Stream 4 THE COMMUNIST STREAM Organization and Public SupportPositions on Key QuestionsProfile of the Communist Stream 5 THE NATIONAL STREAM Organization and Public SupportPositions on Key QuestionsProfile of the National Stream 6 THE ISLAMIC STREAM Organization and Public SupportPositions on Key QuestionsProfile of the Islamic Stream 7 LOCAL POLITICS:THE CLAN AS AN ALTERNATIVE STREAM Local ElectionsThe Committee of Arab Local Council Heads and the Follow-up Committee for Arabs in Israel as Consensus-Based Organizations PART THREETHE POLITICAL DISTRESS OF THE PALESTINIAN-ARABS IN ISRAEL:LOOKING FOR WAYS OUT OF THE PREDICAMENT 8 THE POLITICAL DISTRESS OF THE PALESTINIAN-ARAB MINORITY AS A REFLECTION OF THE "JEWISH STATE " APPARATUS State and Majority Commitment to the Zionist-Jewish Nature of Israel:Excluding the ArabsThe Predicament of Arab Politics in the Jewish StateCivil Society as an Alternative 9 TOWARD FULFILLING THE RIGHT TO BE INCLUDED:THE ARABS' FUTURE IN A BINATIONAL PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI STATE The Multi-Faceted Distress in the Internal Dimention of the Palestinian-Arab Minority DevelopmentToward Normalization of the Situation of the Arabs in IsraelThe Binational Reality in Mandatory Palestine/Eretz IsraelHistorical Sources for the Binational IdeaFactors Delaying a Separation between Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip:Factors Raising the Likelihood of the Establishment of a Joint StateA Binational Model for Israeli-Palestinian RelationsThe Palestinian-Arabs in Israel and the Binational System Appendix Notes References Index