Description
Book SynopsisAn intimate look at the lives of asylum seekers and migrant workers in Israel
Trade Review'Equipped with a profound knowledge of the plight of non-Jews who have come to Israel in search of work and asylum, Mya Guarnieri Jaradat brings their struggles to life in all of their complexity'
-- Neve Gordon, co-author of The Human Right to Dominate (Oxford University Press, 2015)
'The world needs more journalists with Guarnieri Jaradat's dedication, compassion, and unblinking intelligence. The Unchosen is as clear-eyed as it is heartfelt ... essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Israel'
-- Ben Ehrenreich, journalist and author of The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine (Penguin, 2016)
'An engaging book ... its contribution to the debate on migration is timely and useful'
-- Haaretz
'A crucial text for understanding the current refugee crisis in Israel'
-- n+1
'An exemplary and affecting piece of reportage'
-- Times Literary Supplement
Table of ContentsList of Figures
Acknowledgements
1. Black Market Kindergartens
2. The New Others: Migrant Workers
3. The Second Wave: A 'Flood' of African Asylum Seekers
4. 'Our Boss Took His Dogs to the Bomb Shelters But Left Us in the Fields': Thai Workers Doing 'Hebrew Work'
5. 'Clean and Tidy': Foreigners in Israel after Operation Cast Lead
6. Black City: The 'Infiltrators'
7. Jewish Girls for the Jewish People: The Knesset and the High Court
8. The Only Darfuri Refugee in Israel
Postscript
Notes
Index
