ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the major repercussions of the Israeli-Arab conflict for the Arab-Jewish relations in Israeli society. The Israeli-Arab conflict is Israel's most critical problem cutting across: economic, social, and political. Of the plethora of issues pertaining to the Israeli-Arab conflict, three were selected for inquiry: the Israel-Egypt peace treaty, territorial matters, and the Palestinian question. The peace treaty serves as less of a barrier to Arab-Jewish coexistence than the public denunciations of many Arab leaders would suggest. Equally divisive is the Palestinian problem which constitutes the core of the Israeli-Arab dispute. Looking in 1980 at the Israeli political spectrum as a whole, it is possible to differentiate, with some simplification, the following six political streams, each of which takes a distinct stance: Tehiya, Likud, labor, Shelli, Rakah, and Sons of the Village Movement. The Tehiya movement was formed in 1978 to oppose the Camp David accord.
