Divergent Voices in Israel

The general objective of the present study is to deconstruct the hegemonic national account of the Israeli society and to allow alternative interpretations. The first hypothesis to be demonstrated is that the national narrative has been created giving greater weight to Ashkenazi trauma (Jews of Central European origin) and much less to the reality of Misrahi (Jews of North African origin) helping to create an exclusive narrative of part of one population of Jewish origin. There are a lot of national and cultural manifestations about the Ashkenazi trauma, but there are less spaces to show the Misrahi roots from a national approach. The second hypothesis to demonstrate is that this aspect has become evident after the Second Intifada, where the Israeli society itself questions some fundamental aspects of its construction and begins to accommodate alternative voices to the national narrative. The third hypothesis to be demonstrated is that this process has been made possible thanks to the fact that Misrahian begin to claim their space within the elites and the Israeli society. To response these questions, surveys will be take in account from National Statistics office of Israel and International sources. Surveys from Israel National election will be studied from 1969 to 2020 in order to correlate the Misrahi identity and the national political context in Israel and how this misrahi narrative takes the own spaces in the cultural and political sphere.









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