ABSTRACT
The question of strategies for ethnic change is a critical one for minorities. The means available depend on the nature of the political system in which they find themselves. Israeli Arabs can use three general methods to improve their situation: parliamentary politics, extra-parliamentary politics, and extra-legal politics. The agreement between Arabs and Jews on the effectiveness of parliamentary tactics for Arab improvement is significantly reduced in the case of the Arab use of licensed demonstrations. The large proportion of Arabs in favor of extra-parliamentary legal politics shrinks to a small minority in the case of extra-legal politics. Arabs opting for these strategies usually want a radical change. Less than one tenth of the Arab public endorse without reservation unlicensed demonstrations and resistance with force and over one fifth are reserved but not opposed. Most revealing is the unqualified approval of illegal means by 61% to 68% of the rejectionist Arab leaders.
