Title: ‘I would like to extend the terms of the debate [about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict] beyond earlier dichotomies (east vs. west, Arab vs. Jew, Palestinian vs. Israeli) to incorporate […] the Arab Oriental Jews.’ Quote from Ella Shohat, ‘Sephardim in Israel: Zionism from the Point of View of Its Jewish Victims’, 1988, p. 1)
How has one or more Palestinian or Israeli text(s) or film(s) challenge the dichotomy between Arab and Jew, or Palestinian and Israeli? You may choose to discuss texts that represent Palestinian Israeli citizens or Mizrahi Israelis, and/ or texts that represent alternative forms of interaction between Arabs/. jews and Palestinians/ Israelis.
Primary texts: Orly Castel Bloom “An Egyptian Novel” and Sarah Shilo, “The Falafel King is Dead”
Secondary reading: Ella Shohat ‘Sephardim in Israel’, Yehouda Shenhav, ‘The Arab Jew’,
Please use essay plan provided