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Section 1: RaCISm INSIDe ISRaeL “Racism is a word that I have feared using until now, because I did not believe that it could exist in Israel in 2007, but the time has come to call a spade a spade. Israeli society is profoundly infected by racism and unfortunately there is no suitable punishment for racism in Israel.” [Avi Maspin, a spokesman for The Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews] Israeli Racism in Theory and Practice 18 Middle East Monitor | A Report | October 2009
RaCIaL CLeavage amONg JewISH ISRaeLIS “We do not want Israelis to become Arabs. We are in duty bound to fight against the spirit of the Levant, which corrupts individuals and societies, and preserve the authentic Jewish values as they crystallized in the [European] Diaspora.” [David Ben Gurion] 17 From the inauguration of the Zionist enterprise in Palestine, and in common with other societies characterised by mass immigration, Jewish society has been fragmented. It is composed of competing and divergent groups divided by fierce tensions and rivalry. The rifts within this deeply sectarian society are based on national, ethnic, religious, cultural, political and socioeconomic factors contrary to unity and integration. 18 In a bid to create a collective identity intended to consolidate ‘one Israel’ 19 , the Ashkenazi ethnocentric Zionist elite’s ideas for social integration or ‘Israelisation’ focused on immigrant populations. The overriding approach in creating this normative Jewish identity was to force immigrants to ‘melt’ or assimilate into a perceived ‘model society’ and the dominant culture. The gold standard of ‘Israeliness’ and the hegemonic culture of Israel became that of the white Eastern and Central European Ashkenazim. The problem with assimilation was that ideas such as nation, patriotism or historical memory leave the newcomers outside of the normative boundaries. Immigrants did not experience the holocaust, pogroms Israeli Racism in Theory and Practice Middle East Monitor | A Report | October 2009 19
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