ABSTRACT
Palestinian-Americans, estimated to be between 150000 and 300000 people, are considered part of the wider Arab-American community, numbering 2-3 000 000 people. As all Arab-Americans, they have experienced increasing ambivalence during the second half of the twentieth century. On the one hand, many have managed to fulfill the “American dream” (mainly in the academic, professional, and economic realms) and on the other hand, they have faced discrimination and prejudicial Immigration policies, and must deal with a negative image, especially in the mass media. In addition, Palestinians have felt a sense of dispossession and alienation, lacking a national-political center, usually in the form of a nation state.
