Abstract
This paper aims at making the dream of peace real in the Middle East, concerning the constant conflict over “the holy land,” thus building up a conceptual apparatus of checks and balances. For this hope to be fulfilled, a second thought regarding the internal legal-social problems of the state of Israel ought to be considered. Hypocrisy has led us to believe that political and social problems are unsolvable because of their nature as political and social as such. Legal philosophy distinguishes between two theories of law, one expresses the idea of laws enacted by an authoritative body, and the other refers to the good and just law which is binding because it is good and just. The establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 led to the division of Mandatory Palestine, where many Arab families were expelled and others were deported, many fled and others decided to leave whether because of the coercive circumstances or by free will. Those who remained within the new established state called “Israel” have become Israeli citizens, and they constitute nowadays 20% of the Israeli population. And it is with their multiple identities that I concern.
Highlights
Around early January 2007, walking around the dining room of Massey College at Devonshire Place street, in the city of Toronto, Canada, I was introduced before several Canadian judges, stating: “My name is Mohammed, an Israeli Arab.” All of a sudden, an amazement facial expression was reflected before me by one of the gentlemen there, who asked me: “How possible!? ‘Mohammed’ and ‘from Israel’!!” Naively, I replied: “In Israel there are Jews, Muslims, and Christians.” naive I am not; nor was the gentleman
This paper aims at making the dream of peace real in the Middle East, concerning the constant conflict over “the holy land,” building up a conceptual apparatus of checks and balances
The absence of the word “Palestinian” in my answer, since most Israeli Arabs describe themselves as Palestinians who hold the Israeli citizenship [1]
Summary
Around early January 2007, walking around the dining room of Massey College at Devonshire Place street, in the city of Toronto, Canada, I was introduced before several Canadian judges, stating: “My name is Mohammed, an Israeli Arab.” All of a sudden, an amazement facial expression was reflected before me by one of the gentlemen there, who asked me: “How possible!? ‘Mohammed’ and ‘from Israel’!!” Naively, I replied: “In Israel there are Jews, Muslims, and Christians.” naive I am not; nor was the gentleman. The absence of the word “Palestinian” in my answer, since most Israeli Arabs describe themselves as Palestinians who hold the Israeli citizenship [1]. This event led me to deliver a very sharp and provocative speech, at the Munk Centre [2], on March 6th 2007, entitled: “Being an Israeli Arab.”. I delivered tens of speeches on this topic.1 It was not until July 2008 that my views were exposed before the Israeli media, when an Israeli journalist interviewed me in Berlin [3]. Yaremko Forum on Multiculturalism and Human Rights), Canada: “Indigenous Law and Legal Systems: Recognition and Revitalization” (January, 2007): “Israeli-Arabs: Between the Nation and the State.”
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