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Abstract
This article deals with the Israeli–Palestinian conflict through an approach based on citizenship. The article considers the whole historical Palestine (Israel and the so-called Occupied Territories) as a unique unit of analysis, and suggests that the dynamics of citizenship in this area should be analysed through the exam of two fundamental dimensions, relating to membership and territory. In general, the example of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict offers the chance to address the conventional meaning of concepts such as ‘state’, ‘democracy’ and ‘citizenship’, underlying the complex dynamics of inclusion/exclusion of individuals and groups within a collective decision-making process. As far as Palestine is concerned, the centre of gravity and the horizons of the conflict are described through the notion of ‘ruptured demos’, suggesting new directions for comparative research and drawing the attention to the progressive demise of the so-called ‘two-state’ solution.
Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank Laura Panza, Andrea Teti and Massimo Cuono, the Associate Editor of Citizenship Studies and the two anonymous reviewers for their remarks.
This paper is published despite the actions taken by the Italian Ministry of Education. The last legislative measures, among other things, drastically reduce public funds to Italian universities, which is particularly dangerous for scientific research and will prevent young researchers from getting a position, either temporary or tenured, in Italy. The author is protesting with many of his colleagues against these laws to obtain their cancellation.