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Violence and Crime among the Palestinian Minority in Israel

The Shattering of the Indigenous

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Violence and Crime among the Palestinian Minority in Israel The Shattering of the Indigenous

Description

In the last two decades the rates of crime and violence among the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel have increased dramatically. This book is the first to describe, analyze and understand this phenomenon.

The authors identify the Israeli state policies that have dismantled Palestinian society and show how these have undermined or eliminated the authoritative figures and social structures that once supported and controlled this community. The rising violence in Arab society is depicted as a clear example of the success of Israeli efforts to weaken Arab society from within, where the community has lost its social, legal and political structures and its ability to organize itself or act as a collective. But in making this argument, the book also shows how the Palestinian minority can combat and overcome crime and violence in society, namely by resisting the superstructure of ethnic supremacy and finding new or lost points of reference that can deal with societal challenges.

The book is based on the testimonies of activists who have attempted to combat violence worldwide and opinion polls from Palestinians in Israel to determine how they think the violence should be confronted.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Violence in the Palestinian society in Israel – toward a comprehensive analytical framework
Chapter 2 - Explaining the rising violence in the Palestinian society in Israel
Chapter 3 - Types of violence in the Palestinian society in Israel
Chapter 4 - Violence in the Palestinian society in Israel – coping strategies and mechanisms for combating violence and crime
Chapter 5 - Combating violence in the Palestinian society in Israel – Lessons from Comparative Cases
Bibliography

Product details

Published 22 Jan 2026
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 208
ISBN 9780755659418
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Series SOAS Palestine Studies
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Asad Ghanem

As'ad Ghanem is Senior Lecturer at the School of P…

Author

Nohad Ali

Nohad 'Ali is Senior Lecturer and Researcher in th…

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