Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2016
Titel der Quelle:
תיאוריה וביקורת; במה ישראלית
Angaben zur Quelle:
47 (2016) 65-87
Keywords:
Ultra-Orthodox Jews
;
Land settlement
;
Human geography
;
Israel Population
Abstract:
The ultra-Orthodox communities beyond the Green Line constitute over 30% of the settlers currently living in the West Bank. These communities are not a product of ideological commitment to the future of the occupied territories, but rather a response to the growing demand for affordable housing by the ultra-Orthodox population, which has become increasingly difficult to meet. Indeed, the nature of the settlements seems to be particularly suited to the needs of the ultra-Orthodox population, because their demographic and religious-cultural attributes lead them to prefer residing within segregated residential areas, which frequently includes low-cost residential units and infrastructure appropriate for their large families and religious needs. An ultra-Orthodox settlement provides a conservative-religious way of life within segregated and selective communities; but it also requires a significant departure from “the walls” of the established communities and the main ultra-Orthodox concentrations, as well as from the boundaries of the Green Line. Such a departure is no small matter, because it is taking place within a closed religious community, which lacks the ideological, “pioneering” motivations that have characterized other settlement movements in Israeli history.Examining the relationship—or lack thereof—between the ultra-Orthodox settlements and their specific environment, both on the political-ideological level and on the instrumental-daily level, the article thus challenges the common distinction between “ideology-driven” and “quality-of-life” settlers, questioning whether in the context of the ultra-Orthodox settlements there is a clear, dichotomous division between these two motivations or whether an ever-expanding middle ground is being formed in which it is lived experience which shapes ideology – and, in the case of the ultra-Orthodox settlements, a right-wing geopolitical conception. In doing so, it argues that it is impossible to understand the settlement project without studying one of the largest sectors within it – namely, the ultra-Orthodox population.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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