Israeli Settlement Colonialism and Its Impact on the Identity of Palestinians in the Eastern Part of the City of Jerusalem

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue XII, December 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186

Israeli Settlement Colonialism and Its Impact on the Identity of Palestinians in the Eastern Part of the City of Jerusalem

ZAHAF Djemaa, Aminurraasyid Bin Yatiban, Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi
Institute of Excellence for Islamic Jerusalem Studies (IEIJS), University UTARA (UUM), Malaysia

Abstract: The State of Israel is one of the settler states which seek to eliminate the indigenous population to acquire land to form a Jewish state. With its capital in the eastern part of the city of Jerusalem and to achieve the purpose trying to eliminate the identity of the city and the identity of its inhabitants. However, the eastern part of the city of Jerusalem that has 323,700 population is governed by international law, but the reality is very different. Israeli settlement colonialism carries out racist and inhumane policies towards Palestinians. This reflected negative impact on their societal security. This research examines the impact of Israeli colonial policies on the identity of Palestinians in the eastern part of the city of Jerusalem. This study uses both primary and secondary data. The primary data gathered from the in-depth interviews with the informants from the heterogeneous group. The secondary data contain books, journal articles, magazines, reports etc. This study finds that the identity crisis, the impact on the language, and the Palestinian relations are among the most important factors that suffered by Palestinians in the eastern part of the city of Jerusalem.

Keywords: identity, Israeli settlement colonialism, the eastern part of the city of Jerusalem, Palestinians.

I. INTRODUCTION

Settler colonialism is an ongoing structure not a historical event that has occurred in the past and ended, the settlers’ goal is to seize land to achieve the requirements for the elimination of indigenous people whether by direct or indirect forms of violence including genocide (Glenn, 2014). If they not achieved like this then they are transferred from their land to other areas by displacement. The goal is to acquire land without its inhabitants to build new capitalism on it that does not accommodate indigenous people, therefore, they must be removed or expelled from the land or isolated in protected areas or by erasing their culture if not absorbed )Jong, 2017( .As a prelude to clear their national and religious identity ultimately) shalhoub , 2014

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