An excellent article by Jonathan Cook about a “forgotten” group in the conflict.
“One and a quarter million Palestinians live as citizens of Israel, comprising a fifth of the country’s population. Sharon is their representative as head of the Israeli government, while Abbas is charged with their welfare, as he is with that of the whole Palestinian people, in his role as chairman of the PLO…The label most commonly adopted when referring to them, ‘Israeli Arabs’, is a sign of how marginalised they are from both peoples, as though neither wishes to accept responsibility for them.”