Reflections: Evolution of Palestinian Identity In Israel

2020 ◽  
pp. 208-213
Author(s):  
Manar H. Makhoul
Keyword(s):  
Palestinians In Israel

The identity of Palestinian citizens in Israel has undergone a long evolution since 1948. In the Introduction, I referred to the use of the ‘evolution’ metaphor to indicate the ‘undesigned identity evolution’ of Palestinians in Israel. Undesigned evolution should not be misinterpreted as being random. Identity, according to Anthony Smith, is ‘a product of both “natural” continuity and conscious manipulation. Natural continuity emerges from pre-existing […] identity and community; conscious manipulation is achieved via commemoration, ideology, and symbolism’ (...

Palestinian Poet-Singers: Celebration Under Israel’s Military Rule 1948–1966

2021 ◽  
pp. 030437542110283
Author(s):  
Marwan Darweish ◽  
Craig Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Resilience ◽  
Military Rule ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Data Signal ◽  
Palestinians In Israel ◽  
Folk Poetry

Research about Palestinians in Israel during the period of military rule from 1948 to 1966 describes them as acquiescent and primarily focuses on the mechanisms of control imposed by Israel. This article examines the role played by improvised sung poetry in Palestinian weddings and social gatherings during this period, and it assesses the contribution that this situated art form made to asserting this community’s agency. Ḥaddā’ (male) and Badāaʿa (female) poet-singers are considered as agents of cultural resilience, songs as tools and weddings as sites of resilience and resistance for Palestinians who lived under Israeli military rule. Folk poetry performed by Ḥaddā’ and Badāaʿa is identified as a form of cultural resilience and resistance rooted in Palestinians’ cultural heritage. The data signal the persistence of resilience, dignity and rootedness in the land and identity, as well as demonstrating the risks of such resilience and of resistance actions.

Palestinian Novels In Israel, 1987−2010: United by Alienation

2020 ◽  
pp. 139-207
Author(s):  
Manar H. Makhoul
Keyword(s):  
Peace Process ◽  
Second Intifada ◽  
Occupied Territories ◽  
First Intifada ◽  
Palestinians In Israel ◽  
Israeli Occupation

The post-1987 period includes the years of the Intifada, the subsequent peace process, its failure, and the eruption of the second Intifada in the 2000s. This is a politically distinctive period in the life of Palestinians inside (and outside) Israel, in which they start to consider their future in light of a peace process that excludes them from the solution of the Palestinian problem. The first Intifada had a significant impact on Palestinians in Israel, in terms of their sentimental identification with Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and their violent resistance against Israeli occupation. Although Palestinians in Israel did not take part in the uprising, they have undergone a profound transformation in their identification, and begin to associate themselves with the Palestinian national struggle. This tendency continues during the years of the peace process between Israel and the PLO, a process that excluded the Palestinians in Israel from the resolution of the Palestinian problem, further inducing them to consider their future collective status in Israel.

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