Book

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

Cambridge University PressNew 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.
Subjects
External migration
Settlement patterns
Ethnic stratification
External relations
culture
Palestinians
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