ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the influence of the uprising on Arab political beliefs and thinking, and the relative extent of their sentimental identification with, and behavioral involvement in, the intifada. Arabs in Israel had expressed overwhelming support for a Palestinian state in the occupied territories long before the uprising, a fact frequently documented by social researchers. The Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories and the political program adopted in its wake by the Palestine Liberation Organization both have direct bearing on the political future of the Palestinians in Israel. Arabs in Israel had expressed overwhelming support for a Palestinian state in the occupied territories long before the uprising, a fact frequently documented by social researchers. The uprising has raised the awareness of Palestinian communities on both sides of the Green Line to the fact that the Arabs in Israel have very different status, goals, and future than do their compatriots in the territories.
