Violence and Crime Among the Palestinian Community in Israel: The Shattering of the Indigenous

Through concise but extremely detailed chapters in their book Violence and Crime Among the Palestinian Community in Israel: The Shattering of the Indigenous, Nohad ’Ali and Asad Ghanem break down the politics, science and sociology of a rising violence and crime rate among Palestinians in Israel. Setting the scene immediately for the repercussions of colonialism on the indigenous population, ’Ali and Ghanem take note of “a decline in the frames of reference” that are important for organisation and control in society. “This lack of ‘references’ results from the complex predicament of the Palestinian-Arab minority in Israel, which has worsened significantly in the last two decades.” The authors identify three main reasons for this decline. One is due to Israel’s ethnic […]