Book contents
- A Multicultural Entrapment
- A Multicultural Entrapment
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Religion-and-State Conflict in Israel
- 2 The Janus-Faced Religion-and-State Conflict in Israel
- 3 Palestinian-Arab Religious Jurisdiction As an Individual Predicament
- 4 The Acute Nature of the Palestinian-Arab Individual Predicament
- 5 The Individual Predicament As Multicultural Entrapment
- 6 The Voice of No Exit
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - The Voice of No Exit
On Reforming Family Religious Law Among the Palestinian-Arabs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 January 2021
- A Multicultural Entrapment
- A Multicultural Entrapment
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Religion-and-State Conflict in Israel
- 2 The Janus-Faced Religion-and-State Conflict in Israel
- 3 Palestinian-Arab Religious Jurisdiction As an Individual Predicament
- 4 The Acute Nature of the Palestinian-Arab Individual Predicament
- 5 The Individual Predicament As Multicultural Entrapment
- 6 The Voice of No Exit
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The aim of this chapter is to identify measures that can be effective in alleviating the acute individual predicament of Palestinian-Arabs in Israel who come under the jurisdiction of their respective religious communities, notwithstanding their entrapment. These are measures of a “feeble” quality. They include “cut-and-paste” reforms that draw on restrictions applied to rabbinical jurisdiction and on precedents that worked to liberalize Jewish religious norms in the sphere of family relations. The suggested reforms also draw on the opportunity for Palestinian-Arabs to conceive more secular reforms than those possible for the Jewish citizens, at least in such matters as surrogacy and adoption. Capitalizing on their national collective identity, Palestinian-Arabs can also resort to a method of “organic transplantation” and look into the liberal family law reforms in the Arab world and follow their lead. Finally, Palestinian-Arabs in Israel can work for more accountability and transparency in terms of what takes place within the Palestinian-Arab religious courts, such as working to make public their rules and decisions – this in turn will create an internal incentive to improve the judicial performance of these religious institutions.
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- A Multicultural EntrapmentReligion and State Among the Palestinian-Arabs in Israel, pp. 241 - 272Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020