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Urban Studies, Vol. 37, No. 4, 775-796 (2000)
DOI: 10.1080/00420980050004017
© 2000 Urban Studies Journal Limited

Co-existence in Selected Mixed Arab-Jewish Cities in Israel: By Choice or by Default?

Ghazi Falah

Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, 455 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2G8, gfalah{at}chass.utoronto.ca

Michael Hoy

Department of Economics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada NIG 2W1, mike{at}css.uoguelph.ca

Rakhal Sarker

Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, NIG 2W1, rsarker{at}agec.uoguelph.ca

In this paper, we use a data-set based on a survey of the perceptions about co-existence between Arabs and Jews as held by the inhabitants of five mixed Arab-Jewish cities in Israel: Acre, Haifa, Jaffa, Lydda and Ramla. Our main purpose is to determine the relative importance of various factors which contribute to the level of satisfaction with co-existence in Israel as perceived by the inhabitants themselves. Our choice of explanatory variables is motivated by a consideration of issues relating to the specific historical context of Jews and Arabs living together in these cities; and, an awareness of more general sociological considerations which may bear on the degree of satisfaction with co-existence. Our empirical analysis suggests that the variables relating to the specific historical evolution of Arab-Jewish relations-especially in the context of the urban setting-have the greatest explanatory power in understanding perceptions of co-existence. Basic sociological factors also hold some explanatory importance.


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