Palestinian citizens in an ethnic jewish state identities in conflict user review not available book verdict this is a substantive social psychological study of the collective identity of arab. Palestinian citizens in an ethnic jewish state identities in conflict arguing that in a multiethnic state conflict becomes inevitable unless citizenship emerges as a common and equally meaningful identity to the various ethnonational groups he concludes by exploring the possibilities of negotiating a new and common identity between . Shofar an interdisciplinary journal of jewish studies 193 2001 120 122 palestinian citizens in an ethnic jewish state identities in conflict by nadim rouhana new haven yale university . These include israel as a jewish state which is defined by law as a state for jewish people in and outside of israel but not a state of all of its citizens israel as a democracy but democracy cannot be fully extended to the palestinian citizens since that could defeat the raison detre of israel as a state for the jewish people and israel as a state with strong security concerns which concerns mean that any action relative to limiting the palestine citizens can be justified on the