Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of tables, figures, and maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Language, identity and conflict -- Introduction -- Identity and identities -- Conflicting identities: Palestinian-Jewish relationships inside Israel -- Language and social identity -- The Arabic language and social identity -- Language and identity in Israel -- The vitality of Arabic in Israel -- Language and conflict -- The role of language in the Arab-Israeli conflict -- Conclusion -- 2 Internal and external challenges of the Arabic language -- Introduction -- Internal challenges -- Diglossia: old and new challenges -- Modernization and the Arabic language -- External challenges -- Colonialism, globalization and the Arabic language -- Policy towards Arabic in the Arab world: encountering challenges -- Conclusion -- 3 Internal and regional contexts and the Arabic language in Israel -- Introduction -- Internal contexts -- Regional contexts -- Conclusion -- 4 The status of the Arabic language in Israel -- The linguistic situation in Israel -- The status of Arabic in Israel -- Conclusion -- 5 Features of the Arabic language in Israel -- Introduction -- Arabic in Israel -- Is there a unique variety of Arabic in Israel? -- Influences from other Arabic varieties -- Conclusion -- 6 Arabic in the shadow of Hebraization -- Hebrew is the dominant language in Israel -- Building the new Jewish Israeli identity -- Putting Hebrew on the national agenda -- Teaching Hebrew -- Hebraization consequences -- Ideologized Hebrew and its teaching to Palestinian pupils in Israel -- Attitudes towards teaching Hebrew to Palestinian Arabs -- The policy of teaching Hebrew: goals and curricula -- A new curriculum -- Textbooks and contents -- Consequences of Hebraization for teaching -- The penetration of Hebrew into the 'Heart of Arabic': borrowing