"::::::Even the claim of ""essentially segregated lives"" is bogus. Of course lives aren't 100% integrated, since these are two different cultures, with different customs and languages. But what separation exists is purely voluntary - some Arabs prefer to live in an Arab town/village, and that's understandable. Most Arabs send their kids to Arab school - so they can study in Arabic. However, some send their kid to a Hebrew speaking school - I had an Arab classmate, for instance (whose father was a department head in the city hospital, by the way). Many Arabs live in towns with a Jewish majority, and there's no law against that, and no one prevents them from doing so. Several cities in Israel have substantially mixed populations, including Jerusalem, Haifa, Jaffa, Lod, Ramle, Beer Sheva and others. There's no segregation, and no separation.  

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