Forum: The Making of an Underclass: The Palestinian Citizens of Israel

I argue here that Israel's 'basic structure' (i.e., the main economic, social, and political institutions), to use John Rawis's phrase, subjects the Palestinian citizens to a process of ghettoization that relegates them to a separate and unequal status. This basic structure is particularly unjust, as it does not provide these citizens with the minimal conditions of a decent life. The state not only fails to rectify this injustice but is actively implicated in producing it. This process within Israel intersects with a process of separation and annexation in the Occupied Territories. Together, these processes are eroding the citizenship status of the Palestinian citizens of Israel. Adapted from source document.