Israel's Black Panthers

The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation's Founding Myth
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-520-29431-8
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 688 g

The powerful story of an activist movement that challenged the racial inequities of Israel.

Israel's Black Panthers tells the story of the young and impoverished Moroccan Israeli Jews who challenged their country's political status quo and rebelled against the ethnic hierarchy of Israeli life in the 1970s. Inspired by the American group of the same name, the Black Panthers mounted protests and a yearslong political campaign for the rights of Mizrahim, or Jews of Middle Eastern ancestry. They managed to rattle the country's establishment and change the course of Israel's history through the mass mobilization of a Jewish underclass.

This book draws on archival documents and interviews with elderly activists to capture the movement's history and reveal little-known stories from within the group. Asaf Elia-Shalev explores the parallels between the Israeli and American Black Panthers, offering a unique perspective on the global struggle against racism and oppression. In twenty short and captivating chapters, Israel's Black Panthers provides a textured and novel account of the movement and reflects on the role that Mizrahim can play in the future of Israel.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elia-Shalev, Asaf

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface

1. Golda’s Dilemma

2. 1948: They Promised Us Jerusalem

3. 1959: The Rebellion of Wadi Salib

4. 1967: The Fall of the Wall

5. Origin Stories

6. The Debut of the Panthers

7. Making Sulha

8. Get Off the Lawn!

9. Confidential Informant P/51

10. Passover, an Occasion for Liberation

11. Facing Pharaoh

12. Night of the Panthers

13. Not Nice Boys

14. Vote of No Confidence

15. Fire

16. Golda’s Speech

17. Effigy

18. Kahanists and Communists

19. A Country Transformed

20. The Ballot Rebellion

Acknowledgments

Notes on Sources

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Asaf Elia-Shalev is an Israeli American journalist based in Los Angeles. He is a staff writer for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which distributes his work to dozens of media outlets in multiple languages.