Israelization or Israelisation (), also called Israelification, is a sociological term for the process in which minority groups in

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

adopt the lifestyle, language, culture, political and other characteristics of the dominant population in Israel.

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The term is often used to describe the changes in the lifestyle and culture of the

Palestinian citizens of Israel The Arab citizens of Israel form the country's largest ethnic minority. Their community mainly consists of former Palestinian Citizenship Order 1925, Mandatory Palestine citizens (and their descendants) who continued to inhabit the territory ...

since Israel's creation.אלחאג', מג'ד, "זהות ואוריינטציה בקרב הערבים בישראל: מצב של פריפריה כפולה", בתוך: ''השסע היהודי ערבי בישראל: מקראה'', בעריכת רות גביזון ודפנה הקר. 2000. עמ' 13-33. In this context, the term "Palestinization" describes the opposite process – resistance to Israelization and strengthening political and cultural ties with Palestinians. However, sociologist Majid Al-Haj suggests these are not contradictory processes, and that there is an emergence of two parallel identities among Palestinian citizens of Israel which he called "Politicization". The equivalent term in Arabic is "Asralah" (أسرلة) derived from the name of "Israel" in Arabic (إسرائيل - Aisraail). Israelization has been noted amongst the Druze community in Israel. One study noted a trend whereas the post-1950 Druze generation the younger the generation is, the likelier that there is a preference for Hebrew instead of Arabic with many younger Druze using social media having a near absence of Arabic usage amongst other Druze peers. The term "Israelization" is also used occasionally to describe the social and political changes in

Haredi Haredi Judaism (, ) is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that is characterized by its strict interpretation of religious sources and its accepted (Jewish law) and traditions, in opposition to more accommodating values and practices. Its members are ...

society in Israel, in particular to describe integration into the Israeli political system, their increasing use of the general media in the

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

language, integration into the Israeli labor market etc. In addition, it is sometimes used to describe the assimilation of Jewish immigrants to Israel (

Aliyah ''Aliyah'' (, ; ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel or the Palestine (region), Palestine region, which is today chiefly represented by the Israel ...

) among the native-born Israelis and amongst the veterans Jewish immigrants.

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Society of Israel * Cultural assimilation {{cultural-assimilation-stub