The Status of Arabs in Israeli Society

This video from i24NEWS (16:00) presents a heated debate between Sami Abu Shehadeh, an Arab-Israeli historian, politician and community leader, and Yoram Sheftel, a Jewish-Israeli defense attorney and radio host, about the status of Israel’s Arab minority in Israeli society, including questions of self-identification, integration, discrimination, and the affect of Israel’s definition as a Jewish-Democratic state on minority populations.