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This semester Eisenstadt is at Harvard teaching Soc Rel 296, "Tradition, Change, and Modernity." In the course, as in most of his books, he applies sociological tools and concepts to the analysis of historical societies. In particular, he describes the process of modernization, applying his theories to developing countries in Africa and Asia...
...Eisenstadt offers no pat political or economic solutions on what to do with these lands, but he does acknowledge that it would be impossible and undesirable to completely amalgamate the Arab population of the territories with Israel. "No one--neither Israeli nor Arab -- wants complete integration. We want good, friendly relations, but it would be unjust to them to force assimilation." He hopes for a settlement in which there is a "good political, economical, and social relationship" between the Israelis and the Arabs now under their control in "whatever political expression is most appropriate--whether as an independent nation...
...Israeli Arabs are part of the larger Arab-Israeli problem," said Eisenstadt, especially since the war when communication opened between Israeli, West Bank (i.e., the occupied territory), and Jordanian Arabs. "Israeli Arabs are no longer sealed off from the Arab world, and the Israeli government is encouraging this communication. If there is a good settlement with the Arab nations," Eisenstadt continued, "it will alleviate the problems of the Israeli Arabs...
...CURRENT problems of the Israeli Arabs are both economic and social, for in neither respect are they well-integrated into the rest of the population. According to Eisenstadt, they are divided into three sectors: the farmers and landowners, who, "if they started out with land, have done well," the "agricultural proletariat" of the villages, who have no trouble finding jobs in their own communities but are not well-to-do and are "not in a good situation," and the professionals. Members of the last group who find positions within Arab communities do very well, but sometimes the Arab intelligentsia...
These Arabs are Israeli citizens and have all the rights and duties of citizenship except military service. "It would be testing loyalties a bit too much to force them to fight their own families," Eisenstadt said. Arabic is an officia! language of Israel...