In this interview (2004) Bishara examines how the state of Israel in its very definition cannot be a state for all of its citizens, considering the institutionalized inequality that exists between Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel. He also airs his concern and pessimism regarding the rise of the right wing and irrational populist discourse in the US.
Bishara is particularly known for his research on civil society, nationalism theory, what he refers to as "the Arab question", religion and secularism