Coffins on Our Shoulders: The Experience of the Palestinian Citizens of Israel

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

Coffins on Our Shoulders Coffins on Our Shoulders t h e e x p e r i e n c e o f t h e pa l e s t i n i a n c i t i z e n s o f i s r a e l Dan Rabinowitz Khawla Abu-Baker u n i v e r s i t y o f c a l i f o r n i a p r e s s Berkeley Los Angeles London University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England© 2005 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rabinowitz, Dan, 1954–. [Dor ha-zakuf. English] Coffins on our shoulders : the experience of the Palestinian citizens of Israel / Dan Rabinowitz, Khawla Abu-Baker. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. isbn 0-520-24441-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 0-520-24557-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Palestinian Arabs—Israel. 2. Palestinian Arabs—Israel—Social conditions. 3. Palestinian Arabs—Legal status, laws, etc.—Israel. 4. Palestinian Arabs—Israel—Politics and government. 5. Israel— Ethnic relations. 6. Arab-Israeli conflict—Influence. 7. Social integration—Israel. I. Abu Baker, Khawla. II. Title. ds113.7.r3413 2005 305.892′7405694′090511—dc22 2004022691 Manufactured in the United States of America 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on New Leaf EcoBook 60, containing 60% postconsumer waste, processed chlorine free; 30% de-inked recycled fiber, elemental chlorine free; and 10% fsc-certified virgin fiber, totally chlorine free. EcoBook 60 is acid-free and meets the minimum requirements of ansi/astm d5634–01 (Permanence of Paper). Dedicated to our mothers, Sarah and Nada, and to the aunts and uncles they lost in Eastern Europe during the Holocaust and in Palestine in 1948, respectively ...