ABSTRACT
The increase in moderation from 1976 to 1980 was probably shaped by the waning effect of the 1976 Land Day strike, fear of the Likud government, and most important - the positive impact of the peace treaty with Egypt which legitimized Israel's right to exist and accommodation with it in the eyes of Israeli Arabs. After 1967 the proportion and political clout of right-wing, nationalist, religious, and Oriental Jews have risen appreciably. It is commonly believed that the 1967 Six Day War was a turning point for the worse in Arab-Jewish coexistence. During the first nineteen years of statehood, Jews became more aware and receptive toward Israeli Arabs, and policies became increasingly liberal toward them. In the aftermath of the 1967 war, Israeli Arabs have found themselves hard pressed to substitute their Israeli identity, loyalty, arid bonds for Palestinian ones. They have resumed contacts with relatives and others in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Arab countries.
