When “Mixed” Marriages Fall Apart: A Socio-Legal Perspective

Shahar, Ido

doi:10.1080/13531042.2018.1541650

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“…The most elaborate analysis of the Israeli citizenship discourse was presented by Yoav Peled (1992Peled ( , 2008. Together with Gershon Shafir, Peled has argued that the Israeli citizenship discourse is harnessed for the purpose of justifying, rationalizing, and preserving the Israeli hierarchical citizenship structure (Shafir andPeled 1998, 2002). They identified three types of citizenship ideologies which represent different modes of incorporation into Israel's stratified political structure: the first draws on an individualist-liberal discourse of civil, political, and social rights and strives to separate the full citizens of Israel-Jewish and non-Jewish alike-from the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories who are not Israeli citizens.…”

Section: Palestinian-christian Citizenship In the Jewish Statementioning

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Divorced from Citizenship: Palestinian-Christian Women between the Church and the Jewish State

Yefet¹,

Shahar²

2021

Law Soc. Inq.

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The vast multidisciplinary literature on marital dissolution tends to conceptualize divorce as a personal, individualist act that naturally resides in the domestic sphere. The article challenges this prevailing scholarly perspective by dissecting a substantially underexplored dimension of divorce as a citizenship-certifying act located squarely in the public sphere. Drawing on a pioneering qualitative study among Palestinian Christians in Israel as a case study, we argue that Israel’s divorce law, which locks Catholics into indissoluble marriages, should be recognized as a key state instrument for delineating the contours of citizenship—a boundary-demarcating apparatus between insiders and outsiders who are excluded from full and equal membership. The article provides novel insights into the complex interrelations between divorce, gender, and citizenship, showing how Palestinian-Christian women pay the price of a purportedly sex-neutral, no-exit regime. The article also illuminates a seldom-studied phenomenon we call “divorce conversion”: the act of changing one’s denomination for the sake of marital freedom, which is a hallmark of Palestinian-Christians’ third-rate status in the Jewish state. We conclude that divorce should be reconceptualized as a right to egalitarian female citizenship, serving as a basic precursor to women’s full participation in all spheres of life.

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Divorced from Citizenship: Palestinian-Christian Women between the Church and the Jewish State

Yefet¹,

Shahar²

2021

Law Soc. Inq.

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“…Compared to endogamous couples, mixed marriages are also likelier to end up in divorce or dissolution (e.g. Kaplan and Herbst-Debby, 2017; Racin, 2006; Shahar, 2017). Research on attitudes toward mixed marriages in highly conflicted societies has found that they receive little support from both partners’ social networks and become heavily burdened (Hastings, 1990).…”

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Patriarchy, political enmity, and domestic violence: Exploring abusive mixed intimate partnerships in a conflict zone

Erez

Sela‐Shayovitz

Ibarra

2022

International Review of Victimology

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Mixed couples face more marital conflict than endogamous couples. Drawing on intersectional theory and narrative victimology, this study examines women’s accounts of abuse in mixed heterosexual Arab/Palestinian–Israeli Jewish intimate partnerships amid the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The narratives of 25 women formerly in an abusive relationship are the primary data, which are supplemented by a comprehensive list of calls seeking advice or intervention from a non-governmental organization (NGO) that assists women in mixed relationships, and the NGO’s recorded in-service training sessions during which social workers discuss clients’ plights and abuse exposure. Consistent with research on mixed couples, the women’s narratives connect their abuse to differences, dynamics, and tensions rooted in cultural, religious, and social beliefs and practices. Importantly, the narratives also highlight how the Israeli–Palestinian conflict amplifies and escalates the women’s abuse. Intersections of gender, religion, and nationality as well as life in a conflict zone critically affect the abuse dynamic the women experience. The article concludes with a discussion of the relevance of narrative victimology and political enmity for intersectional approaches to domestic violence.

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When “Mixed” Marriages Fall Apart: A Socio-Legal Perspective

Cited by 2 publications

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Divorced from Citizenship: Palestinian-Christian Women between the Church and the Jewish State

Divorced from Citizenship: Palestinian-Christian Women between the Church and the Jewish State

Patriarchy, political enmity, and domestic violence: Exploring abusive mixed intimate partnerships in a conflict zone

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