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"Sami Michael," in Modern Middle Eastern Jewish Thought: Writings on Identity, Politics, and Culture, 1893โ€“1958 (2013), pp 241-247.
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Moshe Behar, "Entanglements: the IHRA, Jews and non-White Minorities," Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture, (Vol. 80, 2022), pp. 82-96. [full text]
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The question was simple: should the Hebraist Zionist movement in Ottoman Palestine invest in publishing a newspaper in Arabic and, if yes, should it be communitarian Jewish or general in its topics? What began as yet another obscure... more
The question was simple: should the Hebraist Zionist movement in Ottoman Palestine invest in publishing a newspaper in Arabic and, if yes, should it be communitarian Jewish or general in its topics? What began as yet another obscure intra-Zionist deliberation gradually crystallized into what I argue merits the label of the earliest, explicitly Ashkenaziโ€“Mizrahi ethnic controversy. This is with the smallest risk of the superimposition in hindsight of the terms and signifiers usually associated with Israelโ€™s post-1971/Black-Panthers era onto the Ottoman period. Lasting between 1909 and 1913, the spirited exchange regarding the Arabic newspaper involved two dozen writers, mainly of the Sephardiโ€“Mizrahi Haherut newspaper, and about one third of ethnic Ashkenazim writing elsewhere. It was nonetheless October 1911 that encapsulated the peak of the controversy, mainly due to writing by Mizrahi intellectual and activist Dr Shimon Moyal (1866โ€“1915) and Ashkenazi intellectual and activist Dr Avraham Ludvipol (1865โ€“1921). My decision to let primary texts speak for themselves at greater length than is customary results from my conviction that โ€“ in this case โ€“ extensive recourse to source material can convey best to twenty-first-century readers why the exchange is effectively โ€œthe motherโ€ of all ensuing Mizrahiโ€“Ashkenazi ethnic controversies. While clear definition for what constitutes such a controversy is provided, I close by offering a sample of views about the Arabic newspaper by four prominent Ashkenazi Zionists.
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Intellectual History, Ethnohistory, Ethnic Studies, Jewish Studies, Ottoman History, and 67 more
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History, Jewish Studies, Ottoman History, Near Eastern Studies, Middle East Studies, and 49 more
Caged in a minuscule china-store are a cat, a dog and an elephant. Their lives are fraught with tensions, hazards, and risks. As a consequence, the cat and the dog engage each other to debate the situation and devise paths to secure... more
Caged in a minuscule china-store are a cat, a dog and an elephant. Their lives are fraught with tensions, hazards, and risks. As a consequence, the cat and the dog engage each other to debate the situation and devise paths to secure dignified life for all. Their exchanges are scrutinized also by observers who split every hair to four to weigh prospects for a functioning coexistence. Notwithstanding his dominance over the store, the elephant and his reasoning are rarely considered thoroughly. This, I submit, metaphorizes the post-1993 One-State/Two-States debate on Palestine/Israel. Whereas the neglected elephant in the china-store is Israelโ€™s ruling Zionist Right โ€“ the cat and dog represent the non-Zionist One-State school and the left-Zionist Two-State school who โ€˜ownโ€™ the 1S2S debate. In what follows two complementary propositions are explained. The first is that there never really was a consequential pre-1948 Zionist constituency โ€“ nor a post-1948 Israeli-Jewish constituency โ€“ that supported a Two-State partition in the Lilliputian 26,320 km2 territory comprising Mandatory Palestine from the Jordan Valley to the Mediterranean Sea. Anti-partition was certainly the historical Palestinian stand as well. The second proposition is concurrent: the breathtaking One-State vision for this territoryโ€”in its dominant forms of a liberal or bi-national stateโ€”seems equally unlikely to materialize. Standard 1S2S solutions appear remote because the sole empirical/material process that does unfold in this territory since 1919 is what I term Israel's One-State Solution, i.e., ceaseless consolidation of Zionist-Israeli domination over the whole territory comprising mandatory Palestine.
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Modern History, Diplomatic History, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies, and 62 more
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[...] Of the innumerable quandaries emerging as a consequence, one concerns me here: canโ€”and shouldโ€”โ€œFlora Saportoโ€ be regarded by the scholarly community as the earliest protofeminist Mizrahi story in Modern Hebrew, as was argued before... more
[...] Of the innumerable quandaries emerging as a consequence, one concerns me here: canโ€”and shouldโ€”โ€œFlora Saportoโ€ be regarded by the scholarly community as the earliest protofeminist Mizrahi story in Modern Hebrew, as was argued before the author's  identity and ethnicity were revealed? Since some scholars, and activists, have answered in the negative, the rest of this essay consists of two parts. The first part includes the first translation into English of about half of โ€œFlora Saporto.โ€ I then substantiate the following proposition: while ethnic, gender, or racial origins of authors are undeniably indispensable for making full sense of literary development generallyโ€”and of Mizrahi literature in particularโ€”they should still be considered of secondary ontological status vis-ร -vis the content of texts. Though written by an ethnic Ashkenazi, โ€œFlora Saportoโ€ can, and should, be viewed as the earliest protofeminist Mizrahi story.
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Co-author: Zvi A Ben-Dor Benite
Sceptical of the ideational and non-regional terms ruling the post-1993 one-state/two-state (1S2S) exchange about the Palestine/Israel question, this article is in two parts. Part I demonstrates that no Israeli-Jewish constituency exists... more
Sceptical of the ideational and non-regional terms ruling the post-1993 one-state/two-state (1S2S) exchange about the Palestine/Israel question, this article is in two parts. Part I demonstrates that no Israeli-Jewish constituency exists to support a viable two-state solution while concurrently arguing that the breathtaking one-state visionโ€”in the form of a secular-democratic or bi-national stateโ€”is equally unlikely to materialise. The sole empirical/material process taking place in the territory comprising mandatory Palestine is Israel's one-state solution, i.e. the ceaseless consolidation of Israeli-Jewish domination over the entire territory. Part II posits thatโ€”contrary to the prevailing caseโ€”the study of the 1S2S conundrum cannot take place in a universe parallel to the broader study of regional dynamics. I argue that confrontation involving Israel, Iran and their Gazan/Lebanese/American allies/proxies is likely to pre-date/supersede any substantive consideration of a resolution in the territory conceptualised as a secluded island in 1S2S scholarship. It is erroneous to dismiss the possibility thatโ€”as happened in 1948 and 1967โ€”an intense Israeli/Iranian regional confrontation can manufacture a Nakbaic conjuncture (resulting in fewer Arabs present in the already fully Israeli-controlled territory of Mandatory Palestine). Such a development could defer far enough the possibility for so-called real solutions to emergeโ€”foremost those prescribed by liberal 1S2S scholarsโ€”and simultaneously advance the Israeli version of a one-state solution. It is hoped that colleagues will identify paths to arrive at the utter demolition of this article.
Paper presented In the International conference "The Arab Peace Initiative: Political and Environmental Dimensions", Chaim Herzog Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Diplomacy, Ben Gurion University, 20-22  June 2010
Until the conclusion of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, there were roughly 750,000 Jews living in Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen, Algeria and Palestine/Israel. A comparative electronic survey of some 900 journals... more
Until the conclusion of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, there were roughly 750,000 Jews living in Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen, Algeria and Palestine/Israel. A comparative electronic survey of some 900 journals reveals that when scholars referred to these individuals collectively during the last 200 years they employed some twenty different signifiers. The question I address is simple yet potentially foundational: which collective signifier can define and capture most productively, inclusively and comprehensively the socio-political and cultural experiences of those who comprised the Arab Middle East's ten indigenous Jewish minority communities prior to their dispersal (in the post-1949 armistice period)? I propose that the signifier โ€˜Arabized-Jewsโ€™ exhibits explanatory properties that outweigh those of its alternatives both quantitatively and qualitatively. As such, โ€˜Arabized-Jewsโ€™ denotes Jews who were culturally and/or linguistically Arab yet who did not self-define primarily as Arab, let alone in political terms. In exploring the dialectic interface between ethno-politics, terminological formations and the production of meaning, this article suggests that it makes sense for contemporary scholars to employ โ€˜Arabized-Jewsโ€™ to refer collectively to Jews across the modern Arab Middle East.
If nations are non-preordained configurations of socio-political collectivities then they cement โ€“ or fragment โ€“ as a consequence of two core sets of on-the-ground interactions: those taking place within a national movement among... more
If nations are non-preordained configurations of socio-political collectivities then they cement โ€“ or fragment โ€“ as a consequence of two core sets of on-the-ground interactions: those taking place within a national movement among contending intra-national constituents; and those taking place between competing national movements, typically over territory. A third set of on-the-ground socio-political interactions has received less attention in the study of the phenomenon of nationalism: I term it โ€˜dynamics across nationalismsโ€™. If such dynamics are explored in conjunction with the more prevalent study of interactions within and between nationalisms, they can shed brighter explanatory light on the phenomenon of national consolidation/disintegration.
This article analyzes Jewish and Arab national formations by exploring dynamics surrounding their border-zone community of Arabized-Jews during the ๏ฌrst half of the 20th century. As the internal composition of the Arab and Zionist-Jewish... more
This article analyzes Jewish and Arab national formations by exploring dynamics surrounding their border-zone community of Arabized-Jews during the ๏ฌrst half of the 20th century. As the internal composition of the Arab and Zionist-Jewish collectivities was not pre-ordained, their sociopolitical demarcations ๏ฌ‚uctuated as a consequence of domestic, regional and international developments. The Jewish and Arab national movements sometimes included Arabized-Jews inโ€”and at other times excluded them fromโ€”their ranks. From the late 1930s, actions by Zionist and Arab forces vis- a-vis Arabized-Jews converged, producing their dispersal. The events surrounding Arabized-Jews impacted considerably the  post-1948 direction that the phenomenon of nationalism in the Middle East has followed and the imbalance of power between Israel and the Arab states.
In reply to a recent article in Al-Ahram by Professor Emeritus Fawzi Mansour of Ain Shams University, Behar makes "uncommon sense" of the sociopolitical history of the Middle East's own Jews
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ืžื“ื™ื ืช ื™ืฉืจืืœ ืขืœ ืžืชื ื—ืœื™ื” ื•ื›ื”ื ื™ืกื˜ื™ื” ื›ื•ืœื ืžืชืคืœืœืช ื•ืžื™ื™ื—ืœืช ื‘ื›ืœ ืžืื•ื“ื” ืœืžืื‘ืง ืคืœืกื˜ื™ื ื™ ืืœื™ื. ื”ืฆื™ื•ื ื•ืช ื•ืžื“ื™ื ืช ื™ืฉืจืืœ ืžืขื•ื ื™ื™ื ื•ืช ื‘ื“ื‘ืจ ืื—ื“ ื‘ืœื‘ื“: ื‘ืฉืœื™ื˜ื” ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ืช-ื™ืฉืจืืœื™ืช ืžืงืกื™ืžืœื™ืช ืขืœ ื›ืœ ื”ืฉื˜ื— ืฉื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ื ื”ืจ ืœื™ื ื•ื‘ื”ืžืขื˜ื” ืžืงืกื™ืžืœื™ืช ืฉืœ ืžืกืคืจ ื”ืœื-ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ื ืฉื ืžืฆืื™ื ื‘ื• ื‘ื›ืœ... more
ืžื“ื™ื ืช ื™ืฉืจืืœ ืขืœ ืžืชื ื—ืœื™ื” ื•ื›ื”ื ื™ืกื˜ื™ื” ื›ื•ืœื ืžืชืคืœืœืช ื•ืžื™ื™ื—ืœืช ื‘ื›ืœ ืžืื•ื“ื” ืœืžืื‘ืง ืคืœืกื˜ื™ื ื™ ืืœื™ื. ื”ืฆื™ื•ื ื•ืช ื•ืžื“ื™ื ืช ื™ืฉืจืืœ ืžืขื•ื ื™ื™ื ื•ืช ื‘ื“ื‘ืจ ืื—ื“ ื‘ืœื‘ื“: ื‘ืฉืœื™ื˜ื” ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ืช-ื™ืฉืจืืœื™ืช ืžืงืกื™ืžืœื™ืช ืขืœ ื›ืœ ื”ืฉื˜ื— ืฉื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ื ื”ืจ ืœื™ื ื•ื‘ื”ืžืขื˜ื” ืžืงืกื™ืžืœื™ืช ืฉืœ ืžืกืคืจ ื”ืœื-ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ื ืฉื ืžืฆืื™ื ื‘ื• ื‘ื›ืœ ืืžืฆืขื™ ืฉื”ื•ื ื‘ื™ืŸ ืื ืœื’ืœื™, ืคื•ืœื™ื˜ื™, ืืœื™ื ืื• ืœื-ืืœื™ื. ื’ื ื’ื™ืจื•ืฉ, ื˜ื™ื”ื•ืจ, ื•ื”ืจื’ ื‘ืื™ื ื‘ื—ืฉื‘ื•ืŸ. ืžื˜ืจื•ืช ืืœื” ื™ื›ื•ืœื•ืช ืœื”ืชืžืžืฉ ื‘ืื•ืคืŸ ื”ื˜ื•ื‘ ื‘ื™ื•ืชืจ ืืš ื•ืจืง ืชื—ืช ืชืกืจื™ื˜ ืฉืœ ืขื™ืžื•ืช ืืœื™ื. ื›ืžื” ืฉื™ื•ืชืจ ืืœื™ื, ื›ืš ื™ื•ืชืจ ื˜ื•ื‘ ืขื‘ื•ืจ ื”ืฆื™ื•ื ื•ืช ื•ื™ืฉืจืืœ ืฉื”ื ื”ืฆื“ ื”ื—ื–ืง.
ู…ูˆุดูŠ ุจู‡ุงุฑ ูˆุชุณููŠ ุจู† ุฏูˆุฑ SOURCE: https://www.haokets.org/ar/2022/10/17/%d9%87%d9%84-%d8%ab%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%ae-%d9%84%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%87%d9%88%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%d8%9f/ ูƒู…ุง ุฑูุถู†ุง ุฏูˆุฑู†ุง ุงู„ุชุงุฑูŠุฎูŠ ูƒู€... more
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ูƒู…ุง ุฑูุถู†ุง ุฏูˆุฑู†ุง ุงู„ุชุงุฑูŠุฎูŠ ูƒู€ โ€œุถุญุงูŠุง ุงู„ุนุฑุจโ€ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุฃูˆูƒู„ุชู‡ ุฅู„ูŠู†ุง ุงู„ุตู‡ูŠูˆู†ูŠุฉุŒ ู†ุฑูุถ ุงู„ุงู†ุตูŠุงุน ู„ู…ุง ูŠุตูู†ุง ุนู„ู‰ ุฃู†ู†ุง โ€œุถุญุงูŠุง ุงู„ุตู‡ูŠูˆู†ูŠุฉโ€ โ€ข ุตูˆุช ุดุฑู‚ูŠ ู…ุณุชู‚ู„ ูŠุฑุฏ ุนู„ู‰ ูˆุฑู‚ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุซู‚ููŠู† ุงู„ุนุฑุจ ุญูˆู„ ุงู„ูŠู‡ูˆุฏ ุงู„ุนุฑุจ ููŠ ุฃุนู‚ุงุจ ุงู„ู…ุนุฑุถ ููŠ ู…ุนู‡ุฏ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠ ููŠ ุจุงุฑูŠุณ
ื›ืฉื ืฉื“ื—ื™ื ื• ืืช ื”ืชืคืงื™ื“ ื”ื”ื™ืกื˜ื•ืจื™ ืฉืœ "ืงื•ืจื‘ื ื•ืช ื”ืขืจื‘ื™ื" ืฉื”ื•ืขื™ื“ื” ืœื ื• ื”ืฆื™ื•ื ื•ืช, ื›ืš ืื ื• ืžืกืจื‘ื™ื ืœื”ืชื™ื™ืฉืจ ืœืคื™ ืงื•ื•ื™ ื”ืžืชืืจ ืฉืœ "ืงื•ืจื‘ื ื•ืช ื”ืฆื™ื•ื ื•ืช". ืงื•ืœ ืžื–ืจื—ื™ *ืขืฆืžืื™* ื‘ืชื’ื•ื‘ื” ืœืžืกืžืš ื”ืื™ื ื˜ืœืงื˜ื•ืืœื™ื ื”ืขืจื‘ื™ื ืขืœ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ ืขืจื‘, ื‘ืขืงื‘ื•ืช ื”ืชืขืจื•ื›ื” ื”ืžื•ืฆื’ืช ื‘ื™ืžื™ื ืืœื” ื‘ืžื›ื•ืŸ... more
ื›ืฉื ืฉื“ื—ื™ื ื• ืืช ื”ืชืคืงื™ื“ ื”ื”ื™ืกื˜ื•ืจื™ ืฉืœ "ืงื•ืจื‘ื ื•ืช ื”ืขืจื‘ื™ื" ืฉื”ื•ืขื™ื“ื” ืœื ื• ื”ืฆื™ื•ื ื•ืช, ื›ืš ืื ื• ืžืกืจื‘ื™ื ืœื”ืชื™ื™ืฉืจ ืœืคื™ ืงื•ื•ื™ ื”ืžืชืืจ ืฉืœ "ืงื•ืจื‘ื ื•ืช ื”ืฆื™ื•ื ื•ืช". ืงื•ืœ ืžื–ืจื—ื™ *ืขืฆืžืื™* ื‘ืชื’ื•ื‘ื” ืœืžืกืžืš ื”ืื™ื ื˜ืœืงื˜ื•ืืœื™ื ื”ืขืจื‘ื™ื ืขืœ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ ืขืจื‘, ื‘ืขืงื‘ื•ืช ื”ืชืขืจื•ื›ื” ื”ืžื•ืฆื’ืช ื‘ื™ืžื™ื ืืœื” ื‘ืžื›ื•ืŸ ื”ืขื•ืœื ื”ืขืจื‘ื™ ื‘ืคืจื™ื–
ู…ูˆุดูŠู‡ ุจูŠู‡ุง, "ุงู„ุฎู„ุท ุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ู…ุณุคูˆู„ ููŠ ู†ุธุฑุฉ ุงู„ุชุญุงู„ู ุงู„ุฏูˆู„ูŠ ู„ุฅุญูŠุงุก ุฐูƒุฑู‰ ุงู„ู‡ูˆู„ูˆูƒูˆุณุช ุญูˆู„ ู…ุนุงุฏุงุฉ ุงู„ุณุงู…ูŠุฉ ูˆุจุฏุงุฆู„ ู‚ู„ูŠู„ุฉ" Online copy:... more
ู…ูˆุดูŠู‡ ุจูŠู‡ุง, "ุงู„ุฎู„ุท ุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ู…ุณุคูˆู„ ููŠ ู†ุธุฑุฉ ุงู„ุชุญุงู„ู ุงู„ุฏูˆู„ูŠ ู„ุฅุญูŠุงุก ุฐูƒุฑู‰ ุงู„ู‡ูˆู„ูˆูƒูˆุณุช ุญูˆู„ ู…ุนุงุฏุงุฉ  ุงู„ุณุงู…ูŠุฉ ูˆุจุฏุงุฆู„ ู‚ู„ูŠู„ุฉ"
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ื ืกื™ ืœื—ืฉื•ื‘ ืขืœ ืื—ื“ ืžืขื ืงื™ ื”ืื™ื ื˜ืœืงื˜ื•ืืœื™ื ืžื‘ื™ืŸ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ ืขืจื‘ ืฉื‘ืืžืชื—ืชื ืขืฉืจื•ืช ืžืืžืจื™ื ื•ืกืคืจื™ื ืขืœ ื ื•ืฉืื™ื ื”ืงืฉื•ืจื™ื ืœื”ื™ืกื˜ื•ืจื™ื” ื”ืžื•ื“ืจื ื™ืช ืฉืœ ื”ืžื–ืจื— ื”ืชื™ื›ื•ืŸ ืฉื‘ื• ื”ื ื ื•ืœื“ื• ื•ื—ื™ื• โ€“ ื“ื•ื’ืžืช ืคืจื•ืค' ื“ื•ื“ ื™ืœื™ืŸ (1864-1941), ืž๏ฌตืจืื“ ืคืจื’ (1866-1956), ื™ื•ืกืฃ ื‘ืจืŸ ืžื™ื•ื—ืก (1868-1942),... more
ื ืกื™ ืœื—ืฉื•ื‘ ืขืœ ืื—ื“ ืžืขื ืงื™ ื”ืื™ื ื˜ืœืงื˜ื•ืืœื™ื ืžื‘ื™ืŸ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ ืขืจื‘ ืฉื‘ืืžืชื—ืชื ืขืฉืจื•ืช ืžืืžืจื™ื ื•ืกืคืจื™ื ืขืœ ื ื•ืฉืื™ื ื”ืงืฉื•ืจื™ื ืœื”ื™ืกื˜ื•ืจื™ื” ื”ืžื•ื“ืจื ื™ืช ืฉืœ ื”ืžื–ืจื— ื”ืชื™ื›ื•ืŸ ืฉื‘ื• ื”ื ื ื•ืœื“ื• ื•ื—ื™ื• โ€“ ื“ื•ื’ืžืช ืคืจื•ืค' ื“ื•ื“ ื™ืœื™ืŸ (1864-1941), ืž๏ฌตืจืื“ ืคืจื’ (1866-1956), ื™ื•ืกืฃ ื‘ืจืŸ ืžื™ื•ื—ืก (1868-1942), ืืกืชืจ ืื–ื”ืจื™ ืžื•ื™ืืœ (1873-1948), ืื‘ืจื”ื ืืœืžืœื™ื— (1876-1967), ืคืจื•ืค' ืื‘ืจื”ื ืฉืœื•ื ื™ื”ื•ื“ื” (1877-1951) ืื• ืจื‘ื™ื ืื—ืจื™ื. ืขืชื” ื ืกื™ ืœื“ืžื™ื™ืŸ ืžืฆื‘ ืขื ื™ื™ื ื™ื ืฉื‘ื• ืื—ื“ ืžื”ื›ื•ืชื‘ื™ื ื”ืœืœื• ื”ื™ื” ืคื•ื ื” ืœื›ืชื•ื‘ ืกืคืจ ืขืœ ืชื•ืœื“ื•ืช ืงื”ื™ืœื•ืช ื™ื”ื“ื•ืช ืืฉื›ื ื– โ€“ ื‘ืžื–ืจื— ื•ื‘ืžืขืจื‘ ืื™ืจื•ืคื” ื•ื’ื ื‘ืฆืคื•ืŸ ืืžืจื™ืงื” โ€“ ื‘ืžื”ืœืš 1,400 ื”ืฉื ื™ื ื”ืื—ืจื•ื ื•ืช, ื•ื–ืืช ืžื‘ืœื™ ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืงื™ื ื‘ืœื˜ื™ื ื™ืช, ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช, ื‘ืฆืจืคืชื™ืช, ืื• ื‘ื’ืจืžื ื™ืช; ื›ื•ืชืจืชื• ืฉืœ ื”ืกืคืจ ื”ื–ื” ื”ื™ื™ืชื” ื–ื•: "ื‘ืื•ื”ืœื™ ื™ืฉื•ืข: ืชื•ืœื“ื•ืช ื”ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ื ื‘ืืจืฆื•ืช ื”ื ืฆืจื•ืช".
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Disastrous domestic, regional and international developments took place between the 1937 publication of the British Royal Peel Commission (to partition mandatory Palestine into two states) and the 1956 Suez war (involving Israel, Britain,... more
Disastrous domestic, regional and international developments took place between the 1937 publication of the British Royal Peel Commission (to partition mandatory Palestine into two states) and the 1956 Suez war (involving Israel, Britain, France and Egypt). While informed observers commonly know enough about dynamics underlying the Jewish Holocaust and the Palestinian Nakba-they often know little (or nothing) about the sociopolitical experiences of Jewish minority communities in nine Arab states surrounding Palestine/Israel. The emergence and early crystallisation of the question of non-white Arab/Mizrahi Jews took place during these years and is examined in this lecture.
Disastrous domestic, regional and international developments have taken place between the 1937 publication of the British Royal Peel Commission (to partition Palestine into two states) and the 1956 Suez confrontation (involving Israel,... more
Disastrous domestic, regional and international developments have taken place between the 1937 publication of the British Royal Peel Commission (to partition Palestine into two states) and the 1956 Suez confrontation (involving Israel, Britain, France and Egypt). While informed observers know very much about dynamics underlying the Jewish Holocaust and the Palestinian Nakba โ€“ they commonly know little or nothing about sociopolitical experiences of nine Jewish minority communities in Arab states surrounding Palestine/Israel. The emergence and early crystallisation of the question of Arab and Mizrahi Jews have taken place during these years and will be briefly explained in this seminar.
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ื™ื•ืชืจ ืž-100 ืฉื ื™ื ืžืฉื•ื˜ื˜ื™ื ื‘ืžื–ืจื— ื”ืชื™ื›ื•ืŸ ื”ืขืจื‘ื™ ื ืฉื™ื ื•ื’ื‘ืจื™ื ืฉืื’ื“ื™ืจื ื›"ืฉืžืืœ ืžื–ืจื—ื™" ื‘ืกื‘ืš ื”ื’ืžื•ื ื™ ืฉื”ืฆืžื™ื—ื• โ€“ ื•ืžืžืฉื™ื›ื™ื ืœื”ืฆืžื™ื— โ€“ ืืฉื›ื ื–ื™ื (ืฆื™ื•ื ื™ื ื•ืœื-ืฆื™ื•ื ื™ื) ื•ืขืจื‘ื™ื (ืคืœืกื˜ื™ื ื™ื ื•ืœื-ืคืœืกื˜ื™ื ื™ื). ื‘ืžื”ืœืš ื”ืชืงื•ืคื” ื”ืชืืžืฆื• ื‘ื ื•ืช/ื‘ื ื™ ื”ื–ืจื ืœื”ืฉื—ื™ืœ ืชื•ื‘ื ื” ืื• ืฉืชื™ื™ื... more
ื™ื•ืชืจ ืž-100 ืฉื ื™ื ืžืฉื•ื˜ื˜ื™ื ื‘ืžื–ืจื— ื”ืชื™ื›ื•ืŸ ื”ืขืจื‘ื™ ื ืฉื™ื ื•ื’ื‘ืจื™ื ืฉืื’ื“ื™ืจื ื›"ืฉืžืืœ ืžื–ืจื—ื™" ื‘ืกื‘ืš ื”ื’ืžื•ื ื™ ืฉื”ืฆืžื™ื—ื• โ€“ ื•ืžืžืฉื™ื›ื™ื ืœื”ืฆืžื™ื— โ€“ ืืฉื›ื ื–ื™ื (ืฆื™ื•ื ื™ื ื•ืœื-ืฆื™ื•ื ื™ื) ื•ืขืจื‘ื™ื (ืคืœืกื˜ื™ื ื™ื ื•ืœื-ืคืœืกื˜ื™ื ื™ื). ื‘ืžื”ืœืš ื”ืชืงื•ืคื” ื”ืชืืžืฆื• ื‘ื ื•ืช/ื‘ื ื™ ื”ื–ืจื ืœื”ืฉื—ื™ืœ ืชื•ื‘ื ื” ืื• ืฉืชื™ื™ื ืœื˜ื‘ื•ืจื ืฉืœ ื“ื™ื•ื ื™ื ืฉืžืืœื™ื™ื ื“ื•ืžื™ื ื ื˜ื™ื, ืœืœื ื”ืฆืœื—ื” ื™ืชืจื”. ื‘ืชืงื•ืคื” ืฉืœืื—ืจ 1967 (ืจืง ืœื”ืžื—ืฉื”) ื ืขืฉืชื” ื”ืคืขื•ืœื” ื”ื–ื• ื‘ืžื˜ืจื” ืœืกื™ื™ืข ืœื ืกื™ื•ืŸ ื”ื”ื—ืœืฆื•ืช ื”ืงื•ืœืงื˜ื™ื‘ื™ ืฉืœ ื›ืœ ื‘ื ื™ ื”ืื“ื ืขืœ ื”ืฉื˜ื— ื”ืงื˜ื ื˜ืŸ ืฉื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ื ื”ืจ ืœื™ื ืžืฆืžื“ ืกื“ื™ื: ื”ืื—ื“ ื”ื™ื ื• ืกื˜ืจื•ืงื˜ื•ืจื•ืช ืฉืœ ืงื•ืœื•ื ื™ืืœื™ื–ื ืื™ืจื•ืคื•ืฆื ื˜ืจื™ ืืคืจื˜ื”ื™ื™ื“ื™; ื”ืฉื ื™ ื”ื™ื ื• ื”ืชื’ืœืžื•ื™ื•ืช โ€“ ืจื–ื•ืช ื™ื—ืกื™ืช ื‘ืชื™ื—ื›ื•ืžืŸ ื•ืขืžืงื•ืชืŸ โ€“ ืฉืœ ืื ื˜ื™-ืงื•ืœื•ื ื™ืืœื™ื–ื ืฉืขืจื‘ื™ื (ืคืœืกื˜ื™ื ื™ื ื•ืœื-ืคืœืกื˜ื™ื ื™ื) ื”ื•ืฆื™ืื• ืœืคื•ืขืœ ืœืคื ื™ ื•ืื—ืจื™ ืฉื ื•ืช ื”-50. ืœืขืช ืขืชื” ื ืจืื” ืฉืฉื•ืจืชื• ื”ืชื—ืชื•ื ื” ืฉืœ ื”ืžืืžืฅ ื”ืžื–ืจื—ื™ ืจืื•ื™ื” ืœืงื™ื˜ืœื•ื’ 'ื”ื™ืกื˜ื•ืจื™ื” ืฉืœ ื”ื›ืฉืœื” ื•ื›ืฉืœื•ืŸ'. ื ืชื™ื‘ ืฉื—ืจื•ืจ ืงื•ืœืงื˜ื™ื‘ื™ ื—ืœื•ืคื™ ืขืฉื•ื™ ืื•ืœื™ ืœื”ืคืฆื™ืข ืื ืชื™ืžืฆื ื“ืจืš ืœืžื™ืžื•ืฉ ืžื˜ืจื™ืืœื™, ืจื—ื‘-ื™ืจื™ืขื” ื•ืขืžื•ืง ืฉืœ ืžื” ืฉืื ื™ ืžืฆื™ืข ืœื”ืชื—ื™ืœ ืœื”ืžืฉื™ื’ ื›'ื“ื•-ืœืื•ืžื™ื•ืช ืคืžื™ื ื™ืกื˜ื™ืช'. ืกื™ื›ื•ื™ื™ ื”ืฆืœื—ืชื• ืฉืœ ืคืจื•ื™ื™ืงื˜ ืฉื—ืจื•ืจ ื›ื–ื” ื™ื”ื™ื• ืžืขื˜ื™ื ืื ืคืžื™ื ื™ืกื˜ื™ื•ืช ืžื–ืจื—ื™ื•ืช ืœื ืชืงื‘ืขื ื” ื—ืœืง ืžืืกื™ื‘ื™ ืžื”ืื’'ื ื“ื” ืฉืœื•. ืžื•ืชืจ ืœื‘ืกื•ืฃ ืœื”ืขื™ืจ: ื‘ื—ื™ื ื” ืœื-ืจื’ืฉื ื™ืช ืฉืœ ืžืื–ืŸ ื”ื”ื™ืฉื’ื™ื/ื›ืฉืœื•ื ื•ืช ืขื“ ื”ืœื•ื ืžืจืžื–ืช ืฉืชืจื•ืžืชื ื”ืขืชื™ื“ื™ืช ืฉืœ ื’ื‘ืจื™ื, ื‘ื›ืœืœื ืžื–ืจื—ื™ื, ืœืคืจื•ื™ืงื˜ ื›ื–ื” ืชืชื’ืœื ื‘ืขื™ืงืจ ื‘ืชื–ื•ื–ื” ืžื”ืกื™ืคื•ืŸ ืœื™ืจื›ืชื™ื™ื ื•ื”ื’ื™ืจื” ืžืกื•ื™ื™ืžืช ืžื”ืฆื™ื‘ื•ืจื™ ืœืคืจื˜ื™ ืขืœ ืžื ืช  ืœืื™ื™ืŸ ืืช ื”ืืกื™ืžื˜ืจื™ื•ืช ื”ืžื’ื“ืจื™ืช ืฉื˜ื‘ื•ืขื” ื‘ืฉื ื™ื”ื.
ืฉื ื™ ืชื”ืœื™ื›ื™ื ืžืฉืžืขื•ืชื™ื™ื ื•ืžืจื›ื–ื™ื™ื ืืคื™ื™ื ื• ืืช ื”ืžืื‘ืง ื”ืžื–ืจื—ื™ ื”ื“ืžื•ืงืจื˜ื™ ื‘ืžืขื‘ืจ ืฉื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืžืื” ื”-20 ืœืžืื” ื”-21 ื•ื”ื ื”ืชืจื—ืฉื• ืื”ื“ื“ื™ ืขื ื”ืชืคืจืฆื•ืชื” ืฉืœ ื”ืชืงื•ืžืžื•ืช ืืœ ืืงืฆื, ื”ืจื™ื’ืชื ื”ืžื—ืจื™ื“ื” ืฉืœ ืžืคื’ื™ื ื™ื ืคืœืกื˜ื™ื ื™ื ืื–ืจื—ื™ ื™ืฉืจืืœ, ื•ื”ืชืคื•ื’ื’ื•ืช ืžืกืš ื”ืขืฉืŸ ืฉืœ ืชื”ืœื™ืš ืื•ืกืœื• ืฉื”ื•ื‘ื™ืœ ื”ืื’ืฃ... more
ืฉื ื™ ืชื”ืœื™ื›ื™ื ืžืฉืžืขื•ืชื™ื™ื ื•ืžืจื›ื–ื™ื™ื ืืคื™ื™ื ื• ืืช ื”ืžืื‘ืง ื”ืžื–ืจื—ื™ ื”ื“ืžื•ืงืจื˜ื™ ื‘ืžืขื‘ืจ ืฉื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืžืื” ื”-20 ืœืžืื” ื”-21 ื•ื”ื ื”ืชืจื—ืฉื• ืื”ื“ื“ื™ ืขื ื”ืชืคืจืฆื•ืชื” ืฉืœ ื”ืชืงื•ืžืžื•ืช ืืœ ืืงืฆื, ื”ืจื™ื’ืชื ื”ืžื—ืจื™ื“ื” ืฉืœ ืžืคื’ื™ื ื™ื ืคืœืกื˜ื™ื ื™ื ืื–ืจื—ื™ ื™ืฉืจืืœ, ื•ื”ืชืคื•ื’ื’ื•ืช ืžืกืš ื”ืขืฉืŸ ืฉืœ ืชื”ืœื™ืš ืื•ืกืœื• ืฉื”ื•ื‘ื™ืœ ื”ืื’ืฃ ื”ืžืขื˜ ืคื—ื•ืช ืฆื™ื•ื ื™-ื™ืžื ื™. ื”ืจืืฉื•ืŸ ื”ืชื’ืœื ื‘ืชื”ืœื™ืš ืฉืœ ืืงื“ืžื™ื–ืฆื™ื” -- ืื•ืœื™ ืืคื™ืœื• ื•ืŸ-ืœื™ืจื™ื–ืฆื™ื” -- ืฉืœ ืืงื˜ื™ื‘ื™ืกื˜ื™ื•ืช ื•ืืงื˜ื™ื‘ื™ืกื˜ื™ื ืžื–ืจื—ื™ื ืฉืขื“ ืื– ื”ื™ื•ื• ืืช ื”ืงืื“ืจ ื”ืžืฉืžืขื•ืชื™ ื‘ื™ื•ืชืจ ืฉืœ ืชื ื•ืขืช "ื”ืงืฉืช ื”ื“ืžื•ืงืจื˜ื™ืช ื”ืžื–ืจื—ื™ืช" (ื ื•ืกื“ื” ื‘-1996). [ื”ืขืจื”: ืชื”ืœื™ืš ื–ื” ื”ื•ืกื‘ืจ ื‘-2008 ื‘ืžืืžืจ ื‘"ื’'ื•ืจื ืœ ืื•ืค ืคืœืกื˜ื™ื™ืŸ ืกื˜ื“ื™ืก" ืฉื ืžืฆื ื‘ืœื™ื ืง ืื—ืจ ื›ืืŸ]. ื”ืชื”ืœื™ืš ื”ืฉื ื™ ื”ืชื’ืœื ื‘ื ื˜ื™ืฉื” ื”ืžื•ื ื™ืช ืž"ื”ืงืฉืช ื”ื“ืžื•ืงืจื˜ื™ืช ื”ืžื–ืจื—ื™ืช" ืฉืœ ืคืขื™ืœื™ื ืžื–ืจื—ื™ื™ื (ืžืจื‘ื™ืชื ื’ื‘ืจื™ื) ืฉื’ืจืกื• ืฉื”ืงืฉืช ื”ื™ื ื‘ืขืœืช 'ืกื˜ื™ื™ื”' ืœื-ืฆื™ื•ื ื™ืช ื•ื—ื™ืœื•ื ื™ืช ืžื™ื“ื™. ืขื ื™ื™ื ื” ืฉืœ ื”ืจืฆืื” ื–ื• ื”ื™ื ื• ื“ื™ื•ืŸ ื‘ืชื”ืœื™ืš ื”ืฉื ื™ ืžื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืฉื ื™ื™ื ื”ืœืœื•. ื”ื ืกื™ื•ืŸ ื”ื•ื ืœื‘ืจืจ ืžื” ื”ืฉื™ื’ื” ื”ืืœื˜ืจื ื˜ื™ื‘ื” ื”ืžืกื•ืจืชื™ืช -- ืื• ืžื•ื˜ื‘ ืื•ืœื™ ืœื•ืžืจ ื”ืžืกื•ืจืชื™ืกื˜ื™ืช -- ื‘ื™ื—ืก ืœืกื•ื’ื•ืช ื“ื•ื’ืžืช ืฉื—ืจื•ืจืŸ ืฉืœ ื ืฉื™ื ื•ื’ื‘ืจื™ื ืžื–ืจื—ื™ื ื•ื ืกื™ื•ื ืŸ ืœืขื’ืŸ ืžืฆื™ืื•ืช ืฉื•ื™ื•ื ื™ืช ื™ื•ืชืจ ื‘ื™ืฉืจืืœ/ืคืœืกื˜ื™ืŸ ืžื‘ื—ื™ื ื” ืžื’ื“ืจื™ืช, ืคื•ืœื™ื˜ื™ืช, ืื–ืจื—ื™ืช, ื“ืชื™ืช ื•ื›ื™ื•"ื‘ ืžื’ื‘ืœืช ื”ื–ืžืŸ ืœื ืชืืคืฉืจ ื“ื™ื•ืŸ ืžืขืžื™ืง ื‘ืชืžื•ืช ื›ื•ืœืŸ.
Conversation amidst the pandemic about Indigenous Arab and Jewish life in Ottoman Palestine; the 1948 Nakba; the 1970s Black Panthers; and aspects of Mizrahi activism during the 21st century [15 May 2020]
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ื›ืฉื ืฉื“ื—ื™ื ื• ืืช ื”ืชืคืงื™ื“ ื”ื”ื™ืกื˜ื•ืจื™ ืฉืœ "ืงื•ืจื‘ื ื•ืช ื”ืขืจื‘ื™ื" ืฉื”ื•ืขื™ื“ื” ืœื ื• ื”ืฆื™ื•ื ื•ืช, ื›ืš ืื ื• ืžืกืจื‘ื™ื ืœื”ืชื™ื™ืฉืจ ืœืคื™ ืงื•ื•ื™ ื”ืžืชืืจ ืฉืœ "ืงื•ืจื‘ื ื•ืช ื”ืฆื™ื•ื ื•ืช". ืงื•ืœ ืžื–ืจื—ื™ *ืขืฆืžืื™* ื‘ืชื’ื•ื‘ื” ืœืžืกืžืš ื”ืื™ื ื˜ืœืงื˜ื•ืืœื™ื ื”ืขืจื‘ื™ื ืขืœ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ ืขืจื‘, ื‘ืขืงื‘ื•ืช ื”ืชืขืจื•ื›ื” ื”ืžื•ืฆื’ืช ื‘ื™ืžื™ื ืืœื” ื‘ืžื›ื•ืŸ... more
ื›ืฉื ืฉื“ื—ื™ื ื• ืืช ื”ืชืคืงื™ื“ ื”ื”ื™ืกื˜ื•ืจื™ ืฉืœ "ืงื•ืจื‘ื ื•ืช ื”ืขืจื‘ื™ื" ืฉื”ื•ืขื™ื“ื” ืœื ื• ื”ืฆื™ื•ื ื•ืช, ื›ืš ืื ื• ืžืกืจื‘ื™ื ืœื”ืชื™ื™ืฉืจ ืœืคื™ ืงื•ื•ื™ ื”ืžืชืืจ ืฉืœ "ืงื•ืจื‘ื ื•ืช ื”ืฆื™ื•ื ื•ืช". ืงื•ืœ ืžื–ืจื—ื™ *ืขืฆืžืื™* ื‘ืชื’ื•ื‘ื” ืœืžืกืžืš ื”ืื™ื ื˜ืœืงื˜ื•ืืœื™ื ื”ืขืจื‘ื™ื ืขืœ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ ืขืจื‘, ื‘ืขืงื‘ื•ืช ื”ืชืขืจื•ื›ื” ื”ืžื•ืฆื’ืช ื‘ื™ืžื™ื ืืœื” ื‘ืžื›ื•ืŸ ื”ืขื•ืœื ื”ืขืจื‘ื™ ื‘ืคืจื™ื–
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