After 60 Years, Arabs In Israel Are Outsiders
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Ethan Bronner - May 7, 2008 - 6:43pm


As Israel toasts its 60th anniversary in the coming weeks, rejoicing in Jewish national rebirth and democratic values, the Arabs who make up 20 percent of its citizens will not be celebrating. Better off and better integrated than ever in their history, freer than a vast majority of other Arabs, Israel’s 1.3 million Arab citizens are still far less well off than Israeli Jews and feel increasingly unwanted.



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