TY - JOUR
T1 - Constitutionalizing sophisticated racism
T2 - Israel's proposed nationality law
AU - Jamal, Amal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 by the Institute for Palestine Studies. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This essay analyzes the political motivations behind the Jewish Nation-State Bill introduced in the Knesset in November 2014, shedding light on the ascendancy of the Israeli political establishment's radical right wing. It argues that there were both internal and external factors at work and that it is only by examining these thoroughly that the magnitude of the racist agenda currently being promoted can be grasped. The essay also discusses the proposed legislation's long history and the implications of this effort to constitutionalize what amounts to majoritarian despotism in present-day Israel.
AB - This essay analyzes the political motivations behind the Jewish Nation-State Bill introduced in the Knesset in November 2014, shedding light on the ascendancy of the Israeli political establishment's radical right wing. It argues that there were both internal and external factors at work and that it is only by examining these thoroughly that the magnitude of the racist agenda currently being promoted can be grasped. The essay also discusses the proposed legislation's long history and the implications of this effort to constitutionalize what amounts to majoritarian despotism in present-day Israel.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84989321761&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1525/jps.2016.45.3.40
DO - 10.1525/jps.2016.45.3.40
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AN - SCOPUS:84989321761
SN - 0377-919X
VL - 45
SP - 40
EP - 51
JO - Journal of Palestine Studies
JF - Journal of Palestine Studies
IS - 3
ER -