The first part of this book dealt in detail with the internal conflict between Israel's Jewish majority and its Palestinian minority, and especially the escalation of this conflict over the past decade. The second part of this book now turns to the question of how to minimize or better manage this conflict. Eliminating the conflict entirely is not something we believe to be possible due to the depth of the cleavage between Jews and Palestinians in Israel. How, then, can Jewish-Palestinian relations in Israel be improved in any significant way? How can the State of Israel better meet the needs of its Palestinian minority and how can the sense of loyalty and belonging to the state on the part of the Palestinian citizens be enhanced? These are the central questions that will be addressed in the rest of the book.

In order to seriously tackle the contemporary internal Jewish-Palestinian conflict, it is essential to understand its underlying cause. It is our contention that the fundamental cause of the conflict lies in the character of the Israeli state itself.