Thayer Hastings at Sapiens:
A typical scene goes something like this: A Palestinian family registered as living in the city of Jerusalem is in the process of renewing their residency status. At their last appointment, the Israeli Ministry of Interior staff told them that inspectors would visit them at home. They received phone calls from the ministry checking on them: micro interrogations. One day, a pair of inspectors arrives at their door. On this occasion, one of the first questions they ask is: “Where do you keep the salt and spices?”
The stakes of answering such mundane questions correctly couldn’t be higher. Unlike Israeli citizens, if Palestinians from Jerusalem (Jerusalemites) fail to provide sufficient evidence that they live in the city, authorities may revoke their residency status—threatening their access to Jerusalem and their homeland, Palestine, altogether.
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