« The settler in the bedroom: Sivuyisiwe Wonci, ‘The Ontology of the “Swart Gevaar”: Decolonising Black Women’s Wombs in South Africa’, in Mtisunge Isabel Kamlongera (ed.), Decoloniality in Gender Discourse and Praxis, Routledge, 2025
German ‘Indianthusiasm’ and settler colonialism: Judy L Fisher, German Indianthusiasm and Settler Colonialism: Pernicious Continuities, PhD dissertation, Purdue University, 2025 »

The settler still in the bedroom: Ayah Omran-Randall, Maryam Al-Khater, ‘Executing Sharia court decisions in the dissolution of marriages between Jerusalemites with different identity cards: implications for the Israeli settler colonial project’, Journal of Gender Studies, 2025

06May25

Abstract: While significant scholarly attention has focused on the Israeli state’s efforts to control Palestinian intimate lives, a notable gap remains regarding the legal mechanisms, particularly the fragmented legal systems impacting Palestinian women in marriages involving holders of different identity cards in East Jerusalem and the broader political and ideological objectives of Israeli settler-colonialism. Accordingly, this study bridges the gap by investigating the enforcement of Sharia court judgements in these marriages, highlighting how such legal processes expose Palestinian women to the Israeli settler colonial project. It argues that mechanisms for executing Sharia court rulings – primarily concerning alimony and custody – establish five distinct relationships: (1) between J1 Jerusalemite women and Israeli authorities; (2) between J1 Jerusalemite women and the Palestinian Authority; (3) between J2 Jerusalemite/West Bank women and the Palestinian Authority; (4) between J2 Jerusalemite/West Bank women and Israeli authorities; and (5) between J1 and J2 Jerusalemite/West Bank women. The study asserts that these relationships regulate Palestinian women’s intimate lives and gendered roles, contributing to patterns of Israelization and Judaization, undermining Palestinian statehood, and fostering apartheid-like conditions among Palestinians of similar racial and cultural backgrounds. These dynamics fragment the Palestinian social fabric, advancing the elimination of Palestinians and the dominance of Jews.


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