The Israeli Nationality Law - A Blueprint for a 21st Century Settler Colonial State

• Autore: Ilan Pappe
• Carica: Professor of History, Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter (UK)
• Pagine: 76-87

The Israeli Nationality Law – A Blueprint for a 21st Century

Settler Colonial State

Ilan Pappe

Abstract

The author argue s that the ‘New’ Israeli Nationality Law is, despite its name, a natural, almost

inevitable, product of the Zionist project in Palestine. Besides representing Zionist ideology, the

law is part of a long-term attempt by the Israeli government to adjust Zionism to present-day

realities and solve the so-called ‘demographic problem’ of the Jewish State.

Keywords: Israel – Palestine – Zionism – nationality – nakba – apartheid.

SUMMARY: 1. Introduction. 2. The Settler Colonial State. 3. Practicing Settler

Colonialism in the Occupied Territories, 1967-2007. 4. The Next Target: The West

Bankization of Israel. 5. Further Implication and Resistance.

 Professor of History, Director of the Europ ean Centre for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter (UK).

Suggested citation: I. Pappe, The Israeli Nationalit y Law – A Blueprint for a 21st C entury Settler

Colonial State, in N uovi Autoritarismi e Democrazie (NAD-DIS), n. 1/2019, pp. 75-86. The paper was

delivered on 1st June 2019.