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See, for example, Revital Hovel, ‘Supreme Court rejects citizens’ request to change nationality from ‘Jewish’ to ‘Israeli’,’ Haaretz (3 October 2013). See a copy of the current Israeli population registry form here, which, only for ‘minorities’, asks for grandfather’s name, and nationality (le’om) which implicitly refers to Arab/Jewish/Druze ethnicity (www.mfa.gov.il/MFA_Graphics/MFA%20Gallery/Consular%20forms/DocPopulationRegistry.pdf). The civil rights NGO Adalah lists over 50 laws that effectively discriminate between Jewish and Arab citizens (www.adalah.org/en/law/index); though here I seek to nuance some of those interpretations(Sucharov, 2014) . For an in-depth analysis of Israel’s Palestinian citizens, see Peleg and Waxman (2011) .
An example of an Israeli NGO seeking to couch human rights within a Judaic approach is Rabbis for Human Rights.
For an example of an exchange on the issue of Zionism’s legitimacy, see Joseph Levine, ‘On Questioning the; and my response here.
See Anderson (1991); and Samuel Fleischacker, What is Peoplehood? (book ms, in progress).
From the left, see Noam Sheizaf’s critique of Shavit’s book: ‘like others before him, Shavit avoids any serious discussion on questions of responsibility and accountability. In fact, the confessions sometimes serve as a justification for more violence. According to Shavit’s rationale, since the Palestinians will never forget or forgive the Nakba, Israel is destined to fight them again and again.’ Book Review: On Ari Shavit’s ‘My Promised Land’ (19 December 2013). +972 Magazine (www.972mag.com/book-review-on-ari-shavits-my-promised-land/83686/). From the right, see Isi Leibler’s comment that ‘As the Yiddish expression puts it, Shavit attempted to dance simultaneously at two weddings in order to ingratiate himself with all parties. To achieve his aim, he compiled this dark chapter which implies that the Jewish state was born of the sin of military victory and inflicted needless brutal suffering on the indigenous Arab population. ‘Ari Shavit Confuses Self-Criticism With Self-Debasement (REVIEW)’ (27 February 2014), Algemeiner (www.algemeiner.com/2014/02/27/ari-shavit-confuses-self-criticism-with-self-debasement-review/).
The best account of Israel’s attempt to break with its powerless, Exilic past is Zerubavel (1995).
The full quote, admittedly, is in the context of the five-year long Intifada: ‘The al-Aqsa Intifada continued to take its toll. Then some light appeared at the end of the tunnel’.
Thanks to conversations with Rex Brynen on this point. For a summary of under what conditions Palestinians left their villages – based on data uncovered by Benny Morris, see Vidal (1997)
For a concise summary, see ‘Walzer: On Proportionality,’ 2009 New Republic article by Michael Walzer reprinted here: ilreports.blogspot.ca/2009/01/walzer-on-proportionality.html.
On the one-state solution’s lack of popularity among Palestinians, see the June 2014 poll from the Washington Institute, revealing that only 11 per cent of West Bank Palestinians and 8 per cent of Gaza Palestinians favor it (www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/new-palestinian-poll-shows-hardline-views-but-some-pragmatism-too). The same poll revealed that only a minority of Palestinians prefer a two-state solution. However, a more recent poll – from September 2014 – shows the two-state solution again a majority position among Palestinians (www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Majority-of-Palestinians-still-support-2-state-solution-new-poll-says-381141). Among Israelis, a majority favours a two-state solution and only 10 per cent favor a one-state solution along the secular, democratic, binational model (www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-peace-conference/1.601996).
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Sucharov, M. Modern Israel: Triumph and Tragedy. Int Polit Rev 3, 3–9 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1057/ipr.2015.5
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