Both Citizens and Strangers in Post-1948 Israel

with Shira Robinson

hosted by Graham Auman Pitts
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The Palestinian Arabs who remained within the borders of Israel after the 1948 war became citizens of the new state. But in those early years Arab villages lived under military rule that would last nearly two decades. In this episode, Shira Robinson discusses the research for her book Citizen Strangers: Palestinians and the Birth of Israel's Liberal Settler State, which examines the crucial and neglected experience of Palestinians in the early years after the founding of the state of Israel. In our conversation, we explore how the ideal of liberal democracy and the promise of equal citizenship were at odds with the project of the nation-state.   
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