mrttao
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I said muslims, not arabs.Eh, Israeli Arabs haven't been a problem, compared to Palestinians or Hamas or Hezbollah.
Some Israeli arabs are muslims, others aren't.
Also, Israel does have a bunch of palestinians who are citizens of israel.
An israeli arab would marry a palestinian. This gave the palestinian citizenship.
and then through that palestinian citizen of israel came all their relatives too. thanks to family unification laws.
Additionally, there is a growing number of israeli arab that self identify as palestinians even if they aren't.
They have been doing terrorist attacks for years. In fact there was just a big terrorist attack in israel by palestinian citizens of israel.
They have finally finally gotten rid of that stupid family unification law. But the damage has already been done.Surveys
In a 2017 telephone poll, 40% of Arab citizens of Israel identified as "Arab in Israel / Arab citizen of Israel", 15% identified as "Palestinian", 8.9% as "Palestinian in Israel / Palestinian citizen of Israel", and 8.7% as "Arab";[27][28] the focus groups associated with the poll provided a different outcome, in which "there was consensus that Palestinian identity occupies a central place in their consciousness".[27]
According to a 2019 survey by University of Haifa professor Sammy Smooha, conducted in Arabic among 718 Arab adults, 47% of the Arab population chose Palestinian identities with an Israeli component ("Israeli Palestinian", "Palestinian in Israel", "Palestinian Arab in Israel"), 36% prefers Israeli Arab identities without a Palestinian component ("Israeli", "Arab", "Arab in Israel", "Israeli Arab"), and 15% chose Palestinian identities without an Israeli component ("Palestinian", "Palestinian Arab"). When these two components are presented as competitors, 69% chose exclusive or primary Palestinian identity, compared with 30% who chose exclusive or primary Israeli Arab identity. 66% of the Arab population agreed that "the identity of 'Palestinian Arab in Israel' is appropriate to most Arabs in Israel."[29]