ABSTRACT

The Israeli reality points to a number of deep divisions among the population (such as between Sephardi-Ashkenazi, Orthodox-secular, men-women, ArabJew), most of which, in my opinion, are progressively decreasing as time passes. As is known, the Arab-Jewish divide is the deepest of all, and there is still no solution, because of the hegemony of the Jewish state. The Jewish character of the state does not enable inclusion of the Arabs. Over the course of the years, therefore, the Arabs have consolidated an identity for themselves outside the hegemony of the Jewish state.