Enthnocracy

Questions

In the paper, one of the arguments that Oren clearly exhibit is the issues that have contributed to the negative relationships between the Israel and the Israel/Palestine. Enthnocracy was manifest in Israel due to the long-term Zionist strategy of Judaizing Israel by incorporating the land between Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea as an Israel land. This notion stirred a conflict of interest with Palestine also claiming ownership of the same piece of land, who claimed to be the rightful owners of the land as their historical homeland. Furthermore, the ethnic relationship between these two countries has also been shape by territorial, material, political and cultural aspects. One of an illustration demonstrating how the relationship between the countries was the demand and announcement by the minister of lands and that of planning that the Israel/Palestine southern inhabitant Bedouins were to be evicted forcefully out of their land. The ministers send planes with poisonous chemicals to destroy the crops of the Bedouins to evacuate them from their homes forcefully to seven urban centres, a position that was highly received with resentment from the Bedouins. This demonstrates a conflict of interest and the fight for ownership of land and territories leading to escalation of ethnicity (page 7). The Israel/Palestine has different cultures from those practiced by the Israel leading to the conflict of which cultures should be adhered and practiced. The relationships has also to a larger extend been contributed by political interests by some of the top leaders in Israel. These interests have seen laws that are unfriendly to the Israel /Palestine enacted to make their daily lives difficult. Furthermore, such factors such as link between the Enthnocracy and military, effects of globalization, gender relations, urbanization, liberalization, ethnographic regimes and interrelationships between cities contributed to the negative relationships between the Israel/Palestine and the Israel. For instance, the regimes that have succeeded power and leadership of the country have always promoted and uphold to ethnicity exacerbating the relationships between the Israel and the Israel/Palestine. This has spurred conflict between the Israel and the Israel/Palestine.

Another key argument by the author is that appropriate measures need to be taken to resolve the Enthnocracy. The area under Israel control i.e. Israel/Palestine between the River and Mediterranean Sea should be analyzed under one apolitical geographic unit taking into count the opinions and views of the Palestinians and Jews Diasporas. This will assist in curbing escalation of conflicts, but assists in achieving an amicable solution to the long-term Enthnocracy problems that have indented the relationships between these two groups (page 12).

Questions for further discussion include;

How is the continued evolving political geography of Israel/Palestine continued to play a major role in shaping and reshaping of the social and political relationship in Israel? (Page 14)
In which spheres of society do the main forces that shape ethnocratic regimes manifest? (Page 10)
State the main claim that is attributed to form the major spine upon which the ethnic relations in Israel has evolved? Highlight some of the repercussion or implications that are associated with the claim? ( Page 10)
In which spheres has the Judaization project advanced? (Page 14)
Judaism in Israel has had different implications. List some of the implications that Judaism has had? (Page 14)
Judaization is one of the powers of ethnicization that contributes to the shaping of the Israel/Palestine. What are the other factors or forces behind this Israel/Palestine shaping? Among the powers listed, which one among them is cited key in shaping the wealth, space and political power in Israel/Palestine? (Page 14)
State some of the processes and events that were brought into sharp relief after the dramatic events that happened between 200-2003. (Page 14)