Abstract

How do leaders of indigenous minorities perceive political events among their trans-state national group? What motivates their attitudes toward these events? This article, drawing on a survey and elite interviews, examines the attitudes of Palestinian leaders in Israel, as a case study of an indigenous minority, toward the events (the Arab Spring) in their trans-state national group. The findings suggest that attitudes of Palestinian leaders in Israel toward the Arab Spring are determined by three main factors: their national or religious collective identity rather than their civic identity (national level), their values (international level), and the backdrop of the Arab-Israeli conflict (local level). The implications are as follows: an absence of change in Palestinians’ traditional alienation toward Israel; membership in the Arab world has somewhat replaced the framework of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a basis for positions toward regional issues; Palestinian leaders in Israel are divided regarding their values, fears and hopes for change; and that the interaction between the Israeli and international sphere determines their attitudes as an indigenous people. The intermixing of these elements shows the flexible (sometimes secondary) role of collective identity and the rise in democratic values rather than traditional issues.

摘要

土著少数民族的领导人如何看待跨州民族群体中的政治事件？是什么激发了他们对这些事件的态度？本文利用一项调查和精英访谈，作为土著少数民族的案例研究，考察了以色列的巴勒斯坦领导人对其跨国民族群体中的事件（阿拉伯之春）的态度。研究结果表明，以色列的巴勒斯坦领导人对阿拉伯之春的态度由三个主要因素决定：他们的民族或宗教集体身份而不是他们的公民身份（国家层面）、他们的价值观（国际层面）以及阿拉伯社会的背景。 - 以色列冲突（地方层面）。其含义如下：巴勒斯坦人对以色列的传统疏远没有改变；阿拉伯世界的成员资格在某种程度上取代了以巴冲突的框架，作为对地区问题的立场的基础；以色列的巴勒斯坦领导人在价值观、恐惧和变革希望方面存在分歧；以及以色列与国际领域之间的互动决定了他们作为土著人民的态度。这些元素的混合显示了集体身份的灵活（有时是次要的）作用以及民主价值观而非传统问题的兴起。以及以色列与国际领域之间的互动决定了他们作为土著人民的态度。这些元素的混合显示了集体身份的灵活（有时是次要的）作用以及民主价值观而非传统问题的兴起。以及以色列与国际领域之间的互动决定了他们作为土著人民的态度。这些元素的混合显示了集体身份的灵活（有时是次要的）作用以及民主价值观而非传统问题的兴起。