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4 - The Acute Nature of the Palestinian-Arab Individual Predicament

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2021

Michael Karayanni
Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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The individual predicament of the Palestinian-Arabs resulting from the recognition accorded to their respective religious communities is often presented at par with that of Jewish citizens in Israel who also happen to be subject to rabbinical jurisdiction as well as that of members of Western religious minorities. This chapter argues that the Palestinian-Arab predicament is genuinely different from all these other predicaments including that of the Jewish citizens of Israel. It is different because it is much more acute in nature. That is so for two main reasons. First, ideas and mechanisms that have been suggested for relieving the predicament in Western democracies do not apply in the Israeli case because of Israel’s character as a Jewish state. This exclusion works actively as well to strengthen the religious identity of Palestinian-Arabs and thus tighten yet further the grip of Palestinian-Arab religious communities over their members. Second, in light of the long-lasting Palestinian (Arab)–Israeli conflict and the rift this conflict has created in minority-majority relations in Israel, secular forces among the Palestinian-Arabs, let alone religious ones, are reluctant to initiate reforms in the existing jurisdictional authority, which despite its obvious oppression still shows outwardly the remaining shreds of autonomy.

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A Multicultural Entrapment
Religion and State Among the Palestinian-Arabs in Israel
, pp. 146 - 191
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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