scholarly journals Extreme Haredi Leaders and their Isolation from the Zionist Enterprise: Between Ideology and the Challenges of Reality

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 199-226
Author(s):  
Kimmy Caplan
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
General Phenomenon ◽  
British Mandate ◽  
State Of Israel

High on the ideological and theological agenda of extreme Haredi groups is the delegitimization of the Zionist enterprise, its institutions, and the State of Israel, and the subsequent expectation of their rank-and-file to thoroughly isolate themselves from them. Based on existing scholarship and previously undiscovered primary sources, this article traces the conduct of extremist Haredi leaders vis-à-vis Zionist institutions during the British mandate in Palestine and after the establishment of the State. As we shall see, some extreme Haredi leaders elected to implicitly recognize the Zionist enterprise and its institutions. The specific circumstances surrounding the different cases enable us to understand the general phenomenon and to advance some preliminary observations.

scholarly journals The Jewish Paramilitary Organizations in Palestine before the Creation of the State of Israel in 1948

2016 ◽  
pp. 45-57
Author(s):  
А. Krylov
Keyword(s):  
Arab Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
Weak State ◽  
British Mandate ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Arab Israeli Conflict ◽  
State Of Israel

The article takes a look at the history and origin of the main Jewish paramilitary organizations in the British Mandate of Palestine (1921–1948). One of the myths often used in Western and Israeli propagandistic literature describes Israel as a very weak state that after obtaining its sovereignty became extremely vulnerable to the heavily armed Arab hordes that invaded it immediately after the declaration of the Israeli State. However, the analysis above shows that the first Arab-Israeli conflict in 1948–1949 was not a battle between young David against the giant Goliath. By the time of the creation of Israel all the Jewish paramilitary organizations operating in Yishuv – “Haganah”, “Irgun” and LEHI – united creating the IDF. The national army of the newborn State met all the requirements of its time, was much better equipped, trained, mobilized and armed than the soldiers of all the neighboring Arab countries, which objectively predetermined their crushing defeat.

A Nomadic State of Mind: Mental Maps of Bedouins in the Negev and Sinai During the Time of the Ottomans, the British Mandate, and the State of Israel

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 370-382
Author(s):  
Emir Galilee
Keyword(s):  
Field Research ◽  
The State ◽  
Mental Maps ◽  
British Mandate ◽  
The Social ◽  
Zionist Movement ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
Central Argument ◽  
Historical Developments ◽  
State Of Israel

This article is based on over a decade of field research among Bedouin tribes of the Negev as well as historical and geographical research. Its central argument is that the main social, cultural, and geographical processes within the Negev Bedouin groups are impacted by three major forces: nomadism and the social structure; formal Islam; and the rise of the modern state. This argument is illustrated by the geographical concept of “mental maps”, and its various manifestations in Bedouin society. The article focuses on the historical developments of the twentieth century, which took place alongside the rise of the Zionist movement and the establishment of the State of Israel.

scholarly journals The environment as a site of struggle against settler-colonisation in Palestine

2019 ◽  
pp. 153-172
Author(s):  
Abeer al-Butmeh ◽  
Zayneb al-Shalalfeh ◽  
Mahmoud Zwahre ◽  
Eurig Scandrett
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
The State ◽  
Ecological Distribution ◽  
British Mandate ◽  
Palestinian Population ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Military ◽  
Palestinian Territory ◽  
State Of Israel

This chapter explores how the environment in Palestine has been a site of struggle for control between settler colonisers and Palestinians for over 100 years. It argues that the Zionist settler colonisation of Palestine may be understood as an ecological distribution conflict since the action of colonisers – from the British Mandate through the establishment of the state of Israel through to the military occupation of the remainder of the Palestinian territory – has been predicated on the expropriation of resources and the expulsion of the Palestinian population. Community development has been a component of the Palestinian popular struggle against settler colonisation. By exploring examples of community development, the chapter will analyse the context in which this has become integral to the popular struggle as well as threats that community development, especially in relation to environmental issues, has been used to normalise and legitimise the Zionist occupation.

Bonded in Hate

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Shaffer
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Mob Violence ◽  
British Mandate ◽  
Systematic Fashion ◽  
Main Variable ◽  
National Movements ◽  
Occupied Territories ◽  
Forms Of Violence ◽  
State Of Israel

Shaiel Ben-Ephraim’s and Or Honig’s chapter focuses on the lynching and mob violence between Jews and Arabs in the area known as mandatory Palestine, and later as the State of Israel and the occupied territories. Ben-Ephraim and Honig seek to answer two questions: when and why has lynching and mob violence occurred, and how has it affected the development of the Zionist-Palestinian conflict. The chapter focuses on two periods of intercommunal conflict in which lynching and mob violence took place: the British Mandate period (1920-1948), and the period following the eruption of the first Palestinian Uprising “Intifada” (1987) until today. Ben-Ephraim and Honig find that the main variable determining the use of lynching attacks was the level of institutionalization of national political movements. When there are organized institutions and society is more organized, organized forms of violence such as uprisings or terrorism tend to be more prevalent since society or elements of it can be mobilized to act in a more systematic fashion. Lynching and mob violence reflect a lack of political institutionalization because the leadership possesses the ability to incite, yet lacks the tools to restrain or guide, the violence it inspires. By contrast, when the national movements are well institutionalized, Ben-Ephraim and Honig argue, more spontaneous acts of violence tend instead to take the form of sporadic acts of vengeance.

scholarly journals Life in Palestine Under the Rule of the Ottoman Empire According to Ibrahim Nassralla's Novel: Zaman al-Khoyoul al-Bayda'

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Rawiya Burbara
Keyword(s):  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Historical Novel ◽  
The State ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
British Mandate ◽  
Three Generations ◽  
State Of Israel ◽  
Oral Stories

This study deals with the Palestinian administrative, economic, political, educational, intellectual, and national dimensions as they are reflected in the stories and events of the historical novel Zaman al-Khoyoul al-Baida' by the Palestinian writer Ibrahim Nassralla, The novel that covers three generations from 1880s to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. The events take place in a Palestinian village called 'Hadiya ', which serves as a representative of all Palestine. The study proves that the writer emphasizes the Palestinian identity through the stories that he collected from people who lived through the three periods of occupation of Palestine: the Ottoman Empire, the British Mandate and Israel, but the main focus is on the Ottoman Period. Stylistically, the novel has a special printing style. The oral stories are typed in italics in order to distinguish them from written stories. To investigate the information in the people's quoted stories, the events of the novel and the writer's arguments and his descriptions of the life of local Palestinians, the study relies on Paul Hamilton's theory of historicism , which is a critical way of using historical contexts to interpret narrative texts.

One Meeting—Many Descriptions: The Resolution on the Establishment of the State of Israel

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-114
Author(s):  
Ariel L. Feldestein
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Opportune Time ◽  
State Of Israel ◽  
Sixtieth Anniversary

This year, Israel marks the sixtieth anniversary of the establishment of the state. It is an opportune time to study anew the discussions in the People's Administration, which was founded on the eve of the declaration of statehood. In this article, I will examine the course of the discussions and the voting with regard to the declaration, as reflected in the primary sources, in the oral interviews with members of the People's Administration, and in the historiographic descriptions.

Purcell performances in Palestine under the British Mandate

Early Music ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 533-550
Author(s):  
Alon Schab
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
The State ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
World War ◽  
British Mandate ◽  
Musical Identity ◽  
250Th Anniversary ◽  
Henry Purcell ◽  
Broadcasting Service ◽  
State Of Israel

Abstract Palestine, from the end of World War I to the foundation of the state of Israel, had a vibrant concert scene led partly by local musicians (and from 1933 onwards, by an elite of leading performers and composers who fled from Europe), and partly by the cultural institutions of the British Mandate, including the Palestine Broadcasting Service. While the collaborations between these two forces often yielded inspired musical results, each had its own agendas and priorities. The music of Henry Purcell was perceived as a cultural asset of the British and, as such, its performance became the platform for tacit negotiation of local musical identity, as well as a means to communicate with the British administration. The present study examines how Purcell’s music was treated in Palestine, which works by Purcell were performed, which scores and editions were available to local musicians, how the 250th anniversary of his death (1945) was commemorated, what motivated musicians to perform Purcell in concert, and what happened to the performance of Purcell’s music in Israel after Britain withdrew its forces from Palestine in 1948.

From Paper to Webpage: Legislation during the British Regime in Palestine in the Israeli National Legislation Database*

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gali Ben-Or ◽  
Daphna Barnai ◽  
Ayelet Volberg
Keyword(s):  
Legal Framework ◽  
The State ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Legislative Process ◽  
British Mandate ◽  
State Laws ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
British Military ◽  
Legislative Procedures ◽  
State Of Israel

Abstract The editorial team of the Israeli National Legislation Database endeavored to locate all the proclamations, ordinances, and ‘Orders in Council’ published from the beginning of the British military regime in Palestine to the last ‘hidden laws’ published in the waning days of the British Mandate. These documents complete the historical information on Israel state laws and shed light on the initial establishment of the legal and judicial system in Palestine, before the establishment of the State of Israel. In this paper, we describe the development of legislation under British regime, from 1917 to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. We introduce the three figures who played key roles in regulating the legislative system: Orme Bigland Clark, Norman Bentwich, and Sir Robert Harry Drayton, and describe the legislative process that was developed and the legislative procedures that prevailed at the time. The legal framework of this period, alongside the remaining Ottoman legislation, formed a solid basis for the legislative system and process for the Provisional State Council and subsequently, the Knesset.

scholarly journals Lawyers in transition – Palestinian Arab lawyers in the first decade of the Jewish state

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-392
Author(s):  
Gal Amir ◽  
Na'ama Ben Ze'ev
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
The State ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Jewish State ◽  
British Mandate ◽  
Palestinian Arab ◽  
State Of Israel

AbstractThis article traces the careers of 12 Palestinian Arab lawyers who practised law during the last years of the British Mandate in Palestine (1920–1948), and who became Israeli citizens after 1948. The State of Israel made efforts to limit the professional practice of Palestinian lawyers and to supervise them. Yet, despite the pressures, most of them continued their legal practice and became active in the Israeli public sphere. We show that the Palestinian lawyers’ struggle to maintain their practice in Israel was used to assert autonomy for the legal profession, and concurrently, it was perceived as a touchstone for minority civil rights in the state.

Israel and the Islamist Challenge: Old Dilemmas, New Approaches

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-80
Author(s):  
Suheir Abu Oksa Daoud
Keyword(s):  
Policy Change ◽  
The State ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
British Mandate ◽  
Islamic Movement ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
State Of Israel

AbstractThis paper explains Israel's decision to outlaw the Islamic Movement Northern Faction in Israel (IMNF) and examines the methods and strategies adopted by the IMNF and its leaders that prompted the state's actions. Based on the British Defense Regulations from the British Mandate for Palestine, the State of Israel outlawed the IMNF on November 17, 2015, accusing the group of incitement, racism, and terrorism. Sheykh Kamal Khatib, former deputy leader of IMNF, declared that the IMNF had been a tool to serve the Islamic project and regardless of having been outlawed, the movement “would find a “thousand ways” to serve that project.’” I argue that the IMNF's shift in focus from the Palestinians to the larger Muslim community disrupted politics within Israel. Even so, Israel's policy change was based on political and personal calculations, rather than on national and regional security pressures.

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