Too little is written about the ethnicnationalist identity crisis between the State of Israel and its Arab citizens which becomes intensified with every regional event from the US invasion of Iraq to the second Lebanon war. The author addresses this lacunae by providing a detailed account of the situation of the Arab population of Israel their political and electoral ambitions their extended familiestribes their lands their political personalities their society and their hopes for the future. Beginning with the time when the Arabs were encouraged to belong to satellite factions under the auspices of the Labor Party up to the fiercely nationalist Arab parties of today former Member of Israels Knesset and Cabinet Minister Dr Raanan Cohen examines the political changes that have taken place in the Israeli Arab community over recent decades.