Critical reading of talkbacks discourse as separatist integration: on the Israeli 2004 Football Cup victory. Issue 5 (3rd September 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mandelzis, Lea; Bernstein, Alina; Ringel, Sharon
• Is Part Of: Israel affairs. Volume 23:Issue 5(2017)
• Page Start: 934
• Page End: 950
• Publication Date: 2017-09-03
• Subjects: Readers' comments -- talkbacks -- Israeli football -- Israeli Arabs -- national integration; Israel -- History -- 1933- -- Periodicals; 956.94054
• DOI: 10.1080/13537121.2017.1345418
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1353-7121

Abstract

Abstract: The historic victory of the Arab Bnei Sakhnin Union Football Club in the 2004 Israeli State Cup finals triggered an active public discourse about the Arab sector's position in Israeli football and in Israeli society in general. The study's premise is that the victory of an Arab club in the Jewish state's National Cup games and the events surrounding it outside the football pitch are thematically inseparable. Content analysis of talkbacks on the Ynet online news site revealed the Israeli public discourse about the difficulties and complexities involved in the integration of Arab citizens in a Jewish state.