Critical reading of talkbacks discourse as separatist integration: on the Israeli 2004 Football Cup victory

Lea Mandelzis, Alina Bernstein, Sharon Ringel

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Abstract

The historic victory of the Arab Bnei Sakhnin Union Football Club in the 2004 Israeli State Cup finals triggered an active public discourse about the Arab sector’s position in Israeli football and in Israeli society in general. The study’s premise is that the victory of an Arab club in the Jewish state’s National Cup games and the events surrounding it outside the football pitch are thematically inseparable. Content analysis of talkbacks on the Ynet online news site revealed the Israeli public discourse about the difficulties and complexities involved in the integration of Arab citizens in a Jewish state.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)934-950
Number of pages17
JournalIsrael Affairs
Volume23
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Sep 2017

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Keywords

  • Israeli Arabs
  • Israeli football
  • Readers’ comments
  • national integration
  • talkbacks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies
  • History
  • Political Science and International Relations

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