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Non-Jewish minorities and their access to Israeli citizenship: demographic threat perceptions and ensuing state strategies

On Independence Day in May 2016, the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics announced that the Israeli population had increased tenfold since the State’s establishment in 1948. Leading national newspapers rejoiced that the population has multiplied from an initial 800,000 to almost 8.5 million, a figure ascribable to the highest birth rate in the western world among other facts, such as Jewish immigration. This, in turn, can be attributed to the fact that the state seeks to preserve and promote the country’s Jewish majority. The downside of this policy is the discrimination of minorities living in Israel, which are deemed a demographic threat. This applies not only to Arab Israelis, but also to the growing number of foreign workers who replace labour forces from the Palestinian territories, and to African refugees whose legal integration within the Israeli citizenship system is not foreseen. Less exclusive access to citizenship and the secure legal status of non-Jewish population groups is likely only to be possible if they are no longer viewed as a threat. (Autorenreferat)

Non-Jewish minorities and their access to Israeli citizenship: demographic threat perceptions and ensuing state strategies

Urheber*in: Averbukh, Lidia

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ISSN
1861-1761
Extent
Seite(n): 8
Language
Englisch
Notes
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet

Bibliographic citation
SWP Comment (43/2016)

Subject
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Bevölkerung
Bevölkerungsentwicklung
Bürger
Staatsangehörigkeit
Ausländerpolitik
Einwanderungspolitik
Diskriminierung
Israel
Palästinenser
Bürgerrecht
Integration
Araber
Jude
ethnische Gruppe
Wachstum
Einbürgerung
Rechtsstellung
Minderheit

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Averbukh, Lidia
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
(where)
Deutschland, Berlin
(when)
2016

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-48401-8
Rights
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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Object type

  • Stellungnahme

Associated

  • Averbukh, Lidia
  • Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

Time of origin

  • 2016

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