ABSTRACT
Disagreement on the collective goals of minorities and majorities toward each other can often become critical issues. In fact, it is regarded by specialists as so centred to the pattern of intergroup relations that it provides a common basis for general classifications of ethnic groups. A milder formula "allows Arabs to get organized independently and become partners in state institutions" and a stronger objective is "granting Arabs a separate legal status like the autonomy offered to Arabs in the West Bank and Gaza Strip." The two major questions have been combined in order to construct a comprehensive typology of group goals. Since the answers are not identical in wording or meaning for Arabs and Jews, the following definitions differ to some extent between the two communities: exclusion, continued domination, equal opportunity, consociationalism, secession, and non-sectarianism. Some Arabs may condone continued government domination for the short-run as a way to prevent a disastrous confrontation.
