Jerusalem - The Israeli government is engaging in "sectarian recruitment" for military service among Druze and
Christian minority sects of Palestinian citizens of Israel, according to a recent report by Haifa-based non-governmental organisation Baladna Association for Arab Youth.
The report says that Israel is using the disadvantaged economic situation of Druze communities and distributing "aggressively sectarian literature" to Christian youth.
This, coupled with laws defining members of these groups by religious, and not ethnic labels, is creating an identity "that is separate from their Arab Palestinian identity".
"Enhancing sectarianism is in the interest of Israel's divide and rule policies towards the ethnic Palestinian Arab population," Nadim Nashif, director of Baladna, told Al Jazeera.
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