Significantly, the revitalization of Hebrew as a major component in Zionism and Jewish nationalism has guaranteed the language a status that is ideologically highly privileged. The Hebrew-Arabic bilingualism is highly skewed in favor of Hebrew. Notwithstanding its relatively successful maintenance as a social, educational, literary and cultural language among Israeli Arabs, Arabic remains the language of a minority. In spite of the widespread official and ideological policy support for Hebrew, English has continued to flourish and spread in all sectors of the Israeli population. Hebrew is the normal language of communication at places of work except in the Arab sector, among recent immigrants and foreign workers, and with tourists.
Government ministries publish all material intended for the public in Hebrew.
There is no specific policy, but in each Ministry, and often independently at local offices, a policy develops to provide written material or make available clerks speaking languages for which a need is perceived, such as Arabic, Russian and Amharic. The country's laws are published in Hebrew, and, with some delay, English and Arabic translations are published. Representation in courts of law is in Hebrew. Most of the Jewish population have a command of Hebrew. Among Jews born with other mother tongues, many now speak Hebrew better than their native language.