ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the Palestinian Arab linguistic landscape in Israel reveals not only linguistic characteristics, but also social, political and economic ones, provided that language is closely related to both individual and social identities as well as to power relations. It explains the city of Umm-el-Fahm as an example in order to examine its linguistic landscape from various angles and sheds a different light on the characteristics of the Palestinian Arab linguistic landscape in Israel. The chapter examines different aspects of the city's linguistic landscape: mosques, street names, educational institutions, local newspapers, cultural institutions, social institutions, websites and language in local politics. It examines the linguistic landscape in the Palestinian Arab localities within Israel from various perspectives, focusing on Arabic and Hebrew use. The chapter discusses the major findings and provides explanations and an in-depth analysis. The study of Ben-Rafael et al. reveals that Hebrew has a stronger presence than Arabic in the Palestinian localities investigated.
