Most Arab Israelis do not consider Israeli identity primary, CBS finds

Most Arab Israelis do not consider Israeli identity primary, CBS finds

A majority defined their primary identity as "Arab," with only 3% defining themselves as "Palestinian."The post Most Arab Israelis do not consider Israeli identity primary, CBS finds appeared first on JNS.org.

Most Arab Israelis do not consider Israeli identity primary

Seventy percent of Israel’s Arabs, or some 1.5 million citizens, do not see “Israeli” as being their primary or even secondary identity, according to a survey published by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. The poll, which asked respondents to self-identify, said that only 3% of Arabs define themselves as Israeli citizens first, with 27% saying that their citizenship of the Jewish state defined their secondary identity. The majority o…

Most Arab Israelis Do Not Consider Israeli Identity Primary – Survey

A majority of Arab Israelis defined their primary identity as 'Arab,' with only 3% defining themselves as 'Palestinian.'