TITLE

A nation divided

AUTHOR(S)

Hirschberg, Peter

PUB. DATE

July 2004

SOURCE

New Statesman;7/12/2004, Vol. 133 Issue 4696, p25

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Focuses on the Israel's varied population and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that is influencing the country's political and social development. Significance of a protest by Vicki Knafo over the Likud government's decision on welfare; Idea that the disputed settlements in West Bank and Gaza could lead Israel into an apartheid-like situation with a Jewish minority and Arab majority; The perceived threat from Palestinians and other conflicts in Israel's society; The immigration of persecuted Jews from Arab countries and the Soviet Union; Mistreatment of Mizrahi Jews by the Ashkenazi establishment, which is said to be the dominant elite; Background on Israel's effort to define itself as a Jewish state with the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate; The impact of "status quo" on secular Jews; Persistence of violence between ultra-Orthodox Jews and secular Israelis; A football game that offered optimism regarding relations between Jews and Israeli Arabs; How Arab Israelis feel they are second-class citizens and identify with Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza; Concern of Israelis that failure to give up the occupied territories could lead to the downfall of Israel because of a perceived threat from binationalism.

ACCESSION #

13713051

Tags: ISRAEL -- Social conditions;  CHIEF Rabbinate -- Israel;  ISRAELIS;  JEWS;  ULTRA-Orthodox Jews;  PALESTINIAN Arabs -- Israel;  ARAB-Israeli conflict -- 1993-;  ISRAEL -- History

 

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