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Why is Arabic an official language in Israel?

Why is Arabic the official language of Israel, when hardly any citizens speak it?

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    because the jews are arabs. Nothing wrong with that but it's the plain truth and nothing but the truth. Thomàs

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Many Israelis learn Arabic as a second language, just like many Americans study Spanish or French. Most Mizrachi Jews speak Arabic, so do their children, and the entire Arab population speaks Arabic too. So I guesstimate over 45 % of all Israelis can speak understandable Arabic.

Shay p

Because when Israel was being founded there was a large Arab minority which was to be included in the state originally. There are 20% Arabs in Israel currently. In New Zealand 14% of the population is Maori and Maori is considered an official language along with English. It is out of respect for the other culture, I dont think that when Palestine will be founded, Hebrew will be an official language.

shitake555

It's official because 20% of the population is Arab, that's 1 of 5 Israelis. "." there will be no 4 million "refugees" going into Israeli territory, and it's time for someone to say it to their face and burst this almost wicked illusion, is not right to make them believe there's a chance.

Lara Ray

Arabic should be an official language in Israel and Arabic should be taught as a compulsory subject in all the schools, up to graduation just as Hebrew is, because Israelis live with 1.5 million Arab citizens and 4 million Palestinian refugees and hundreds of millions of Arabs around them. It would make Israel more pragmatic, it would be better for cultural marketing, business and foreign relations, and it would make the conflict a little less intense.

20% of Israeli citizens have arabic as their mother tongue. 40% of Israeli Jewish citizens come from arab nations like Yemen, morocco, Iraq, Egypt etc.. so they speak arabic fluently as a 2nd langue. many others learn arabic in school.

7mood

I know some Israelis who said that Arabic was taught in schools and that are even Arabic schools.It's because a huge Arab minority plus it is surrounded by Arab countries.

News flash Manny -- Do you have a problem with counting ARabs within the green line are citizens, or do you just have a trouble counting?

Marian

1 out of 5 is enough.

Dean

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