Second-class status and a fear of a Fifth Column

"The High Court of Justice is the sole authority in Israel that still maintains rational dialogue with the Arab minority," says attorney Hassan Jabarin, the director of Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel.

Jabarin is referring to the court's glimmer of recognition of the rights of Israel's Arab minority that is reflected in the reinforcing of the collective rights intended to preserve its identity and character and religious and cultural differences. Adalah attributes this accomplishment, which has evolved over the last decade, to "the Barak court."

The case of Arab rights in Israel

Note:
As you read this discussion, you will note that the Arab community is not asking for integration into the Jewish community but for preservation of their identity with religious and cultural differences.