Judaization

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Judaization ({{langx|he|ייהוד}}, {{Langx|ar|تهويد}}) or Judaification is the process of making something Jewish in character. In the context of Zionism, it is often applied to the Israeli expansion of Jewish settlement in areas with significant Palestinian populations, as in the Judaization of Jerusalem,{{Cite news |last1=Horodniceanu |first1=Maya |last2=Hasson |first2=Nir |date=6 Apr 2022 |title=Mapping Out the Rapid Judaization of East Jerusalem |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-04-06/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/maps-prove-the-judaization-of-east-jerusalem-gathers-steam/00000180-5b98-dc66-a392-7fdb31340000 |work=Haaretz}}{{Citation |last=Cattan |first=Henry |title=The Judaization of Jerusalem: Its Significance and Perils |date=2022-10-06 |work=Jerusalem |pages=91–100 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003325758-8 |access-date=2024-11-11 |place=London |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9781003325758-8 |isbn=978-1-003-32575-8|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite book |last=Al-Khatib |first=Rouhi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3nRtAAAAMAAJ |title=The Judaization of Jerusalem |date=1970 |publisher=P.L.O. Research Center |language=en}} the Galilee, or the Negev.{{Cite journal |last=Shakir |first=Omar |date=2021-04-27 |title=A Threshold Crossed |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/israeli-authorities-and-crimes-apartheid-and-persecution |journal=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Kashti |first=Or |title=Far-right Party, Likud Agree on Major Plan to 'Judaize' Negev, Galilee |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-12-25/ty-article/.highlight/far-right-party-likud-agree-on-major-plan-to-judaize-negev-galilee/00000185-45b5-d723-a3d5-7dbd28460000 |work=Haaretz}} In this context, it is related to de-Arabization.Adas, Jane. "Halper on Judaization, De-Arabization in Israel/Palestine." Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, vol. 35, no. 4, June-July 2016, pp. 67+.{{Cite journal |last=Krystall |first=Nathan |date=1998-01-01 |title=The De-Arabization of West Jerusalem 1947-50 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.2307/2538281 |journal=Journal of Palestine Studies |language=en |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=5–22 |doi=10.2307/2538281 |jstor=2538281 |issn=0377-919X|url-access=subscription }}

In his critique of Zionism, the British thinker Leon Roth argued for a "Judaization of our politics" in response to what he perceived as a "politicization of Judaism" characterized by ethno-nationalism and an almost racial notion of Jewishness.{{Cite journal |last=Yadgar |first=Yaacov |date=2023-10-02 |title="The great sin of today is the 'politicization' of our Judaism, the great need, the 'Judaization' of our politics": Leon Roth and the possibilities of a Jewish critique of Zionist politics |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14725886.2022.2064735 |journal=Journal of Modern Jewish Studies |language=en |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=412–437 |doi=10.1080/14725886.2022.2064735 |issn=1472-5886|doi-access=free }}