Book

Overlooking Nazareth: the ethnography of exclusion in a town in Galilee

Cambridge University Press • New York • Published In 1996 • Pages: xiv, 222

By: Rabinowitz, Dan.

Abstract

This is a study of Israeli-Palestinian relations in the Israeli new town of Natzerat Illit built in 1957 on land overlooking the old Palestinian city of Nazereth. Natzerat Illit was originally built as a 'development town' for new immigrants to Israel, part of the state's overall Judaization policy of the Lower Galilee, a region heavily populated by Palestinians. Beginning in the 1970s, Palestinians began to move into Illit Natzerat, mostly coming from Nazareth, creating a mixed town. Rabinowitz examines Israeli-Palestinian relations in the context of the divided real-estate market and educational system, a Palestinian coaching an Israeli basketball team, a top-notch Palestinian doctor administering to Jewish patients, and a Palestinian politician attempting to run for municipal office. According to Rabinowitz, there is a disconnect between Israelis' western liberal democratic ethos that lauds hard work, equal opportunity, and merit-based achievement, and their discrimination against, and marginalization of, Palestinian citizens.

HRAF PubDate

2005

Region

Middle East

Sub Region

Middle East

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Ian Skoggard ; 2004

Field Date

1988-1995

Coverage Date

1957-1993

Coverage Place

Natzerat Illit, Galilee, Israel

Notes

by Dan Rabinowitz

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-215) and index

LCCN

96011922

LCSH

Palestinian Arabs