Co-existence in Selected Mixed Arab-Jewish Cities in Israel: By Choice or by Default?

Ghazi Falah, Michael Hoy and Rakhal Sarker
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Ghazi Falah: Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, 455 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2G8, gfalah@chass.utoronto.ca
Rakhal Sarker: Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, NIG 2W1, rsarker@agec.uoguelph.ca

Urban Studies, 2000, vol. 37, issue 4, 775-796

Abstract: In this paper, we use a data-set based on a survey of the perceptions about co-existence between Arabs and Jews as held by the inhabitants of five mixed Arab-Jewish cities in Israel: Acre, Haifa, Jaffa, Lydda and Ramla. Our main purpose is to determine the relative importance of various factors which contribute to the level of satisfaction with co-existence in Israel as perceived by the inhabitants themselves. Our choice of explanatory variables is motivated by a consideration of issues relating to the specific historical context of Jews and Arabs living together in these cities; and, an awareness of more general sociological considerations which may bear on the degree of satisfaction with co-existence. Our empirical analysis suggests that the variables relating to the specific historical evolution of Arab-Jewish relations-especially in the context of the urban setting-have the greatest explanatory power in understanding perceptions of co-existence. Basic sociological factors also hold some explanatory importance.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1080/00420980050004017

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