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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 934-950 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Israel Affairs |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 3 Sep 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Keywords
- Israeli Arabs
- Israeli football
- Readers’ comments
- national integration
- talkbacks
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cultural Studies
- History
- Political Science and International Relations