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The Fault Line

The Fault Line. Emma Gargus. The Fault Line= metaphorical line separating the Palestinian Arabs and the Israeli Jews Describes the ethnic and religious tensions growing between the Palestinians and the Jews living and working together in Israel

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The Fault Line

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  1. The Fault Line Emma Gargus

  2. The Fault Line= metaphorical line separating the Palestinian Arabs and the Israeli Jews • Describes the ethnic and religious tensions growing between the Palestinians and the Jews living and working together in Israel • Eventually, the fault line would cause a metaphorical “earthquake,” the Intifada

  3. Attempts at Assimilation • “Israelification”: assimilation into Israeli customs and culture, business practices, and general society. • Israeli government was so strong it could “absorb the shock waves and tremors along the fault line” (Friedman 323). • Israeli government blurred the edge of the fault line to create a feeling of national unity, thereby holding off the earthquake as long as possible.

  4. Other Alternatives? • Palestinians were dependent on the Israeli economy, so they could organize an uprising or participate in civil disobedience. • Palestinians were “not willing to endure the economic and personal hardships that mass civil disobedience would have entailed” (329). • Less extreme civil disobedience: shirt wearing. • Indicative of Palestinian nationalism/pride and Palestinians’ true loyalties… the Earthquake is coming…

  5. Palestinian Alienation • Arrests, holding men without charges, etc. • “Palestinian”=“terrorist” • Even though the Israeli government thought these actions were neutralizing the fault line, these actions exacerbated problems and led the the Intifada.

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