Al-Ard ( ar, الارض, "The Land") was a
Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
political movement made up of
Arab citizens of Israel
The Arab citizens of Israel are the largest ethnic minority in the country. They comprise a hybrid community of Israeli citizens with a heritage of Palestinian citizenship, mixed religions (Muslim, Christian or Druze), bilingual in Arabic an ...
active between 1958 and some time in the 1970s which attracted international attention.
[McDowall, 1990, p. 150.] Following unsuccessful efforts to secure registration of the organization as an Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i NGO
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and secure it a publishing permit,[Kimmerling and Migdal, 2003, p. 197.][Smooha, 1978, p. 215.] it was outlawed in 1964. The political movement's goal was, according to political historian David McDowall, "to achieve complete equality and social justice for all classes of people in Israel" and "to find a just solution for the Palestine problem as a whole, and as an indivisible unit."[ Al-Ard's disappearance as a movement was linked both to governmental and popular resistance, with the Israeli Community Party denouncing the group and ]Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
Arab
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
communities inside of Israel concerned that Al-Ard might destroy them.[Kaufman, 1987, p. 63.]
See also
* Abnaa al-Balad
Abnaa el-Balad ( ar, ابناء البلد, ''Sons of the Land'' or ''Sons and Daughters of the Country'' or ''People of the Homeland Movement'') is a secular Arab nationalist movement made up of Palestinians, most of whom are Arab citizens of Isr ...
* Land Day
Land Day ( ar, يوم الأرض, ''Yawm al-ʾArḍ''; he, יוֹם הַאֲדָמָה, ''Yom HaAdama''), March 30, is a day of commemoration for Arab citizens of Israel and Palestinians of the events of that date in 1976 in Israel.
In 1976 ...
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* Jiryis, Sabri (1976): ''The Arabs in Israel,'' 1st American edition (updated from the 1966 ed.) With a foreword by Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American public intellectual: a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is ...
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* Lustick, Ian (1980): ''Arabs in the Jewish State : Israel's control of a national minority''. Austin : University of Texas Press, (al-Ard: p.128, 249)
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Arab citizens of Israel