I like to describe my project as Dystopian, but it seems like such a big word when you look at 1984, Hunger Games, Fahrenheit 451, and so on. Looking at such giants, I don't want to come off as pompous squeezing in with them. So my question is, would a book about Israel treating Palestinians even worse than it does now, qualify as dystopian, or just as a downgrade from reality?
A (real world existant) ultra-Zionist hate group has hijacked and reformed the government. There is no super surveillance, it's more that everyone who could be considered Arab (including Druze) is crammed into race ghettos where nothing goes in or out. Bit of water and electricity. They have no rights and no more citizenship, their economy and food supply are declining as well as their morals and appreciation of life, and there are no emergency services. There's a curfew during which military dogs are sent in to take care of anyone walking around outside as they are labeled terrorists. Anyone who gets too close to the ghetto walls, may get shot. Only the most influential have once-a-month exit permits but are thoroughly checked and selected. There is no TV, no internet, no radio, no phones. Anything that could be used for communication with the outside, has been confiscated or disconnected. A militant group tries to fight the ghettos from the inside and also takes care of the inhabitants' safety in ways more altruistic than blowing stuff up. Even within the ghettos, the public practice of any religion other than Judaism is forbidden and if you're caught ringing a church bell or calling to prayer from a minaret, you're effed. If you do try something, you get your house bulldozed. There is no Hamas with missile launchers. No politics. No more law, just the trust in humanity (LOL). This humanity declines over time, while there is an attempt at sticking together.
Basically, it's like a Gaza Strip, only worse, with ghettos strewn all over the country. Over the years, all of this worsens.
It's not a work of anti-semitism. What happens to the Palestinians in the real world or the book, does not represent Judaism. The other thing is, while this setting plays a role in the story and its developments, the story is more about one character's personal life and struggles, partially caused by the ghetto situation but totally possible under different circumstances.
Potentially offensive genre question.
A (real world existant) ultra-Zionist hate group has hijacked and reformed the government. There is no super surveillance, it's more that everyone who could be considered Arab (including Druze) is crammed into race ghettos where nothing goes in or out. Bit of water and electricity. They have no rights and no more citizenship, their economy and food supply are declining as well as their morals and appreciation of life, and there are no emergency services. There's a curfew during which military dogs are sent in to take care of anyone walking around outside as they are labeled terrorists. Anyone who gets too close to the ghetto walls, may get shot. Only the most influential have once-a-month exit permits but are thoroughly checked and selected. There is no TV, no internet, no radio, no phones. Anything that could be used for communication with the outside, has been confiscated or disconnected. A militant group tries to fight the ghettos from the inside and also takes care of the inhabitants' safety in ways more altruistic than blowing stuff up. Even within the ghettos, the public practice of any religion other than Judaism is forbidden and if you're caught ringing a church bell or calling to prayer from a minaret, you're effed. If you do try something, you get your house bulldozed. There is no Hamas with missile launchers. No politics. No more law, just the trust in humanity (LOL). This humanity declines over time, while there is an attempt at sticking together.
Basically, it's like a Gaza Strip, only worse, with ghettos strewn all over the country. Over the years, all of this worsens.
It's not a work of anti-semitism. What happens to the Palestinians in the real world or the book, does not represent Judaism. The other thing is, while this setting plays a role in the story and its developments, the story is more about one character's personal life and struggles, partially caused by the ghetto situation but totally possible under different circumstances.
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