The Nakba in Palestinian Memory in Israel

Author: Koldas, Umut

Source: Middle Eastern Studies, Volume 47, Number 6, 1 November 2011 , pp. 947-959(13)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Changes in the international, regional and domestic arenas in the late 1990s resulted in discursive change with regard to interpretation of the Al Nakba in the political and civil societies of the Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel. Apart from fuelling a discursive challenge to the Israeli dominant discourse about the 1948 events, this reinterpretation allowed the Palestinian Arab citizens to discuss the historical roots of the problems they experienced within the Israeli political and civil societal spheres. This article analyses the nature and significance of discursive change of the Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel on the Nakba by referring to its impact on their identity politics as well as their political and civil societal activities.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2011.619354

Publication date: 2011-11-01