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The Druzification of Arab Christians in Israel in The Wake of the "Arab Spring"
- Israel Studies
- Indiana University Press
- Volume 24, Number 3, Fall 2019
- pp. 75-100
- 10.2979/israelstudies.24.3.04
- Article
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ABSTRACT:
Examining the implications of the "Arab Spring" for Arab Christians in Israel, this paper argues that Israel has sought to exploit its chaotic and anarchic effects in order to promote, not only a recruitment project among Arab-Christians, but to iterate the "Druzification policy" toward Arab Christians. Since the erupting of the popular uprisings, the Israeli establishment has been applying a three-dimensional policy towards Arab-Christians; composed of voluntary conscription, definition of Arab-Christians as a separate category in public service, and recognition of new national identity for Christian citizens.