Palestinian citizens in an ethnic jewish state identities in conflict rouhana nadim n 9780300066852 books amazonca. Shofar an interdisciplinary journal of jewish studies 193 2001 120 122 palestinian citizens in an ethnic jewish state identities in conflict by nadim rouhana. Nadim rouhana who grew up as a palestinian in israel draws on surveys interviews and archival research to examine how the palestinian identity has evolved in response to israels three guiding and conflicting principles israel as a jewish state as a democracy and as a state with deep security needs. Palestinian citizens in an ethnic jewish state identities in conflict user review not available book verdict this is a substantive social psychological study of the collective identity of arab. The accentuation but not the origin of palestinian identity is partly a response to the states denying its arab citizens the possibility of integrating an israeli identity other than performing the psychological contortion of feeling they belong to a state that defines itself as belonging to others but not to them p 147 as a result arabs in israel do not share any collective