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              Hisham Awartani Danny Rubinstein Sam'an Khoury Boaz Evron Walid Salem Ari Rath Zahra Khalidi Daniel Bar-Tal Ammar AbuZayyad Galit Hasan-Rokem Khaled Abu Aker Galia Golan Nazmi Ju’beh Gershon Baskin Edy Kaufman Ata Qaymari Benjamin Pogrund Nafez Nazzal Simcha Bahiri Nadia Naser-Najjab Dan Jacobson Jumana Jaouni Dan Leon Anat Cygielman Khuloud Khayyat Dajani Izhak Schnell |
National Identity Vol. 8 No 4, 2001 and Vol. 9 No 1, 2002 
Table of Contents Editorial by Daniel Bar-Tal Focus by Antonio Badini Basic changes in Israeli society since 1948 have eroded the status of the old Labor elite, opening the way to fierce conflict between religious and liberal conceptions of Israeli national identity. by Yoav Peled A nation’s narration presents both a vision of the past and a foundation for viewing the future, though the construction of Palestinian identity poses other challenges by Issam Nassar The symbolic role of the border for Israeli identity underlines Israeli notions for unilateral separation. by Dani Rabinowitz The historical and ideological forces that shaped Palestinian national identity from the beginning of the twentieth century to the Al Aqsa Intifada. by Manuel Hassassian The essence of the Palestinian Israeli experience since the establishment of Israel has been rejection, exclusion and inequality. The events of October 2000 may have caused irreparable damage to a frayed relationship. by Nadim M. Rouhana As historical traumas and experiences of victimization, the Jewish Shoah (holocaust) and the Palestinian Nakba (disaster) sanctioned the passage to homogeneity. by Ada Lonni For both the religious and secularists, Israeliness has come to be considered outside of Jewishness and Jewishness outside of Israeliness. by Eliezer Schweid How the link between religion and nationality is unhealthy and immoral, and why nationality cannot depend on religion. by Avraham B.Yehoshua The myth of Israel as the "state of the Jewish people" may in the course of time give way to Israel as the "state of its citizens." by Boas Evron How the politicization of religion leads to polarization and inherited stereotypes about "Arabs," ’1ews" and "Muslims," and why a cultural perspective based on real history may hold promise. by Basem L. Ra’ad Roundtable Israelis and Palestinians discuss the content and meaning of their national identities and the relationship between them. Viewpoint The second part of an article raising the question why there are so few Jerusalemites in Jerusalem. by Michael Safier Review Essay American Palestine by Hilton Obenzinger, reviewed by Basem Ra’ad How, in nineteenth century travel writing, fundamentalists created a "sacred geography" of the Holy Land, providing the background for a settler-colonial project. by Basem L. Ra’ad Economics Local, regional and global factors behind the decline of the Palestinian labor market. by Yael Epstein Culture Palestinian heritage developed over many centuries in a variety of ways, under the umbrella of the land. by Majdi Shomali Food offers a luminous window into the illusive concept of national identity. by Yael Raviv How Muslims, Christians and Jews lived together in Al-Andalus for nearly eight centuries, until 1492. by Maria Rosa Menocal Documents There is a Choice: A Call by IDF Reservists, 25 January 2002 Declaration of Conscience by South Africans of Jewish Descent, 23 October 2001 Chronology of Events Prepared by Najat Hirbawi |
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