Shareef Safadi is a Palestinian citizen of Israel. His identity challenges the very foundation of a state that calls him its own, while denying his Palestinianhood.

As someone whose family remained on their land during and after the Nakba, Shareef belongs to a group that Israel refers to as ‘Arab Israelis’ or ‘Israeli Arabs’.

In this episode we discuss 'Arab-Israelis', or ’48 Palestinians as referred to by Palestinians, who make up some 20% of Israel's population. Their existence forces uncomfortable questions. What does it mean to hold Israeli citizenship as a Palestinian? What does it mean to be part of a population that was never meant to stay, but did? And how does one carry the full weight of Palestinian identity inside a state built on Palestinian erasure?