The Status of Palestinian Citizens in Israel

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Equality under the law and freedom from discrimination are basic human rights that are enshrined in international law and the various human rights treatises of which Israel is signatory.3

Pax Christi believes that any solution for the Arab -Israeli conflict can only succeed if the human rights, including civil and political rights, of all inhabitants are secured and guaranteed, whether in an Israeli state or a future Palestinian state.

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Occasionally the Israeli state plays on the religious and ethnic differences of its Palestinian citizens. A well-known case is that of the Druze, who are the only non-Jewish group that can enlist in the army and thus enjoy far more privileges than other groups7, though still less than Jews on the average. Druze recruits most often perform combat duties in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.


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Recently the Knesset adopted the "Nationality and Entry into Israel (Temporary Order)" law that bars Palestinians married to Israelis from living with their spouses in Israel. Since the outbreak of the Intifada the issuing of residence permits for Palestinian spouses has been frozen "in light of the security situation and because of the implication(s) of the immigration and the establishment in Israel of foreigners of Palestinian decent".11

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http://www4.alternativenews.org/opinion/display.php?id=3551

Not a current news article.

Guidelines for discussion of Israeli/Palestinian affairs