In Israel, the mixed cities (Hebrew: ערים מעורבות, romanized: 'arim me'oravot, Arabic: المدن المختلطة, romanized: al-mudun al-mukhtalita) or mixed towns are the eight cities with a significant number of both Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs.[1][2] The eight mixed Jewish-Arab cities, defined by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics as those with more than 10% of the population registered as "Arabs" and more than 10% of the population registered as "Jews",[3][4] include the following seven Israeli cities: Haifa, Lod, Ramle, Jaffa (now a part of Tel Aviv), Acre, Nof HaGalil (formerly Nazareth Illit), and Ma'alot Tarshiha.[5] Approximately 10% of the Arab citizens of Israel live in these seven cities.[6] The eighth city is Jerusalem, in which the Arab part of the city, East Jerusalem, has been annexed by Israel but is not recognized as such under international law.[7]
The term "mixed cities" should not be confused with multicultural cities, nor understood to necessarily imply social integration.[8] The eight mixed cities are the main places in which Jews and Arabs encounter each other, and very limited population mixing exists in Israel outside of these eight cities.[9][10] As a result the topic has attracted significant scholarly focus over many years, and since the Second Intifada (2000–2005) it became the crux of social science scholarship in Israel.[1]
- ^ a b Tzfadia 2011, p. 153.
- ^ Falah 1996, p. 829: "The term 'mixed towns' is often used in Israel to describe those towns or cities that contain a substantial portion of Arab residents in their populations. In addition to the five cities stated in the present study, some Israeli studies include Jerusalem, Upper Nazareth and Ma'alot-Tarshiha in the same category (Benjamin, 1975; Romann, 1989: Graicer, 1992)."
- ^ Sadeh 2015, p. ii: "A "mixed city," according to the definition by the Central Bureau of Statistics, is one where at least 10% of the residents are registered as Arabs."
- ^ Diab, Shdema & Schnell 2021, p. 5: "In all mixed cities, Jews represent 70–90 per cent of the total population."
- ^ "Topic: Mixed Cities in Israel" (PDF). Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues. 20 June 2014.
- ^ "Topic: Mixed Cities in Israel" (PDF). Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues. 20 June 2014.
- ^ Karlinsky 2021, p. 1114: "Jerusalem presents a special case..."
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