The Jewishness of Israel: an analytical conceptual Overview at radical Jewish Mindset

Abstract

According to the researcher, Judaism has been politically employed since the beginning of the Zionist movement to secure the legitimacy of the settlement of the land of Palestine, and later turned into a legal pillar used to redefine the state, citizenship and rights.

Researcher Hani El-Bassous believes that Israel's insistence on recognizing the state's Judaism does not stem from a cultural or religious need, but from purely political motives, foremost of which is the demographic obsession and the fear of Israel turning into a binational one. Hence, the demand for a "Jewish state" is understood, in his analysis, as an attempt to close the horizon of political solutions, liquidate the right of return, and turn the Palestinians inside (Israel) into a population without rights.