The Arabs in Israel : 1948-1966 / Sabri Jiryis ; translated by Meric Dobson.

Translation based on two Arabic versions of Hebrew original, originally published in 1966 under title [romanized] ha-'Aravim be-Yisrael

Includes bibliographical references.

PREFACE -- Chapter One: THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Legal Basis of the Military Government -- 3. How Does the Military Government Operate? -- 4. The Dispute about the Military Government -- 5. The Real Aims of the Military Government -- Chapter Two: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF JEWISH COLONIES -- 1. Land -- 2. The Total Area of Expropriated Land -- Chapter Three: FROM DEIR YASIN TO KAFR QASIM -- THE STRONG-ARM POLICY -- Chapter Four: STRANGERS IN THEIR OWN LAND. HOW THE LIFE OF THE ARABS IN ISRAEL HAS CHANGED -- 1. Policy and Society -- 2. Education -- 3. Agriculture -- 4. Labour -- 5. Development and Services – CONCLUSION

This book is concerned with the living conditions of the Palestine Arabs, both Christian and Moslem, who remained in territories invaded by the Israelis in the 1948 Palestine War and held by them throughout the period 1948-1966. It does not deal with the Palestine Arabs in the territories invaded by the Israelis during the June War 1967 and held by them since then. The author is himself a Christian Palestinian Arab lawyer and, technically, an Israeli citizen. The book was first published in Hebrew, in Haifa, in 1966. It is perhaps, the most forthright and comprehensive study available in any language on the Arab minority in Israel. It is based on Hebrew source material, particularly the Israeli Parliamentary Debates, Official Gazette, Judgements of the District and Military Courts and the relevant Israeli laws. Copies of this book were smuggled out of Israel in 1966 and translated separately into Arabic and published by the Arab League Office in Jerusalem, Jordan, and the Palestine Research Center in Beirut, in 1966, and 1967 respectively. The present English translation is based on these two Arabic versions, which, on comparison, proved to be very similar. Whenever the footnotes in the book are followed by the word "Translator", the reference is to the translators from the original Hebrew. Otherwise the footnotes are those of the author, Mr. Sabri Jiryis.