Druze in Mandatory Palestine
Palestinian Druze were members of Mandatory Palestine/pre-state Israel who belonged to the Druze ethnoreligious group.[1][2] During the first census of the British protectorate, Druze were one of eight religious demographic groups who were categorized,[3] The sense of a distinct identity among Druze began to increase in the 1930s when some other Arab citizens viewed them as being neutral during ethnic contentions.[4] During the early 20th century, many authors depicted the Druze as neutral during the clashes that happened between Arabs and Jews in the 1920s and 1930s. This perception eventually culminated in Israeli leadership approaching the Druze who were in leadership positions and offering them a treaty of non-aggression, leading to somewhat tranquil relations between the two.[5]
The term Palestinian Druze is still sometimes used for Arab Israeli citizens who belong to the Druze faith.[6] Most Israeli Druze however distance themselves from identifying with Arab Palestinian nationalism.[7] Compared to other Christians and Muslims, Druze place less emphasis on Arab identity and self-identify more as Israeli, and most do not identify as Palestinians.[8] Though some individuals identify as "Palestinian Druze".[9]
References
- ^ Chatty, Dawn (2010-03-15). Displacement and Dispossession in the Modern Middle East. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81792-9.
- ^ Simon Harrison (2006). Fracturing Resemblances: Identity and Mimetic Conflict in Melanesia and the West. Berghahn Books. pp. 121–. ISBN 978-1-57181-680-1.
- ^ Barron, Table I.
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- ^ Yoav Gelber, Independence Versus Nakba; Kinneret–Zmora-Bitan–Dvir Publishing, 2004, ISBN 965-517-190-6, p. 115
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- ^ Muhammad Amara and Izhak Schnell (2004). "Identity Repertoires among Arabs in Israel". Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 30: 175–193. doi:10.1080/1369183032000170222. S2CID 144424824.
- ^ Yoav Stern & Jack Khoury (2 May 2007). "Balad's MK-to-be: 'Anti-Israelization' Conscientious Objector". Haaretz. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
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