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Citizen Strangers Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures Citizen Strangers PALESTINIANS AND THE BIRTH OF ISRAEL’S LIBERAL SETTLER STATE Shira Robinson Stanford University Press Stanford, California Stanford University Press Stanford, California ©2013 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Robinson, Shira, 1972- author. Citizen strangers : Palestinians and the birth of Israel’s liberal settler state / Shira Robinson. pages cm--(Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8047-8654-6 (cloth : alk. paper)--ISBN 978-0-8047-8800-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Palestinian Arabs--Civil rights--Israel. 2. Palestinian Arabs--Legal status, laws, etc.--Israel. 3. Citizenship--Government policy--Israel. 4. Land settlement--Government policy--Israel. 5. Jews--Colonization--Palestine. 6. Arab-Israeli conflict--1948-1967. 7. Israel--Politics and government--1948-1967. I. Title. II. Series: Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures. DS113.7.R56 2013 323.1192’74009’045--dc23 2013021486 ISBN 978-0-8047-8802-1 (electronic) Typeset by Bruce Lundquist in 10/14 Minion For my mother, Lenore Annette Robinson CONTENTS List of Illustrations ix Note on Translations and Transliterations xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1 From Settlers to Sovereigns 11 2 The Formation of the Liberal Settler State 29 3 Citizenship as a Category of Exclusion 68 4 Spectacles of Sovereignty 113 5 Both Citizens and Strangers 153 Conclusion 194 Notes 201 Bibliography 279 Index 313 ILLUSTRATIONS Map of the Palestinian Arab villages and towns that remained in Israel after 1948 32 Inside a makeshift military tribunal in Umm al-Fahm, 1956 43 Military police inspect the paperwork of Palestinians, 1956 110 Raising a makeshift Israeli flag in the Little Triangle, 1949 122 Bedouin leaders enter Beersheba on camels, 1950 129 Urban notable congratulates the president on Independence Day, Rehovot, 1951 132 Communal leaders watch military parade, Tel Aviv, 1959 133 Histadrut poster commemorating May Day, 1954 136 Cover photo from ba-Mahaneh of Druze officer, his son, and a fellow villager, 1954 142 Dancing in Jerusalem’s Independence Day parade, 1960 145 Teacher accompanies performance of the schoolgirls’ choir on Independence Day, 1958 147 Girls march to commemorate the first anniversary of Israel’s annexation of the Little Triangle, 1950 148 Nurse treats mother and infant at a new health clinic in Tira, 1957 150 Dignitaries arrive at the “reconciliation ceremony” in Kafr Qasim, 1957 154 Nighttime meeting against military rule in Nazareth, 1956 166 Military commanders listen to speeches at the sulha, 1957 173 Hasan ‘Abd Allah Mansur speaks at the sulha, 1957 174 Palestinian communists march in Nazareth on May Day, 1958 187 ix
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