Embattled Identities

Palestinian Soldiers in the Israeli Military

Bibliographic Data

ID12014684
AuthorsRhoda Kanaaneh (corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume32
Issue3
Pages5-20
Publication date2003-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Palestine Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0377-919X • E-ISSN: 1533-8614
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/jps.2003.32.3.5
OpenAlexW2010971474
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited3

Roughly 5,000 Palestinians living inside Israel currently volunteer to serve in the Israeli military. These soldiers' multiple and contradictory loyalties highlight the contingent nature of identity and the complex relationships subalterns have to institutions of rule. This paper calls for a move beyond viewing these volunteers simply as "traitors," or, less negatively, as "accommodationists." By understanding them as marginal agents at the edges of Palestinian society within Israel, their successes and failures at integration through the military richly illustrate the contradictory workings of citizenship in Israel and its limitations

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Citizenship · Criminology · Identity (music · Palestine · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society

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