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

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

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.