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British rulers in Palestine before Israel's establishment in 1948 depended on mukhtars to rule. In Gaza, there are still dozens of families that function as powerful clans. These families derive their influence from overseeing businesses and have the allegiance of hundreds to thousands of relatives.
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Mukhtars are headmen or clan elders. They traditionally linked villagers with the state bureaucracy. Some of the mukhtar’s duties included registering life events (births, marriages, etc.) and notarizing documents. Quoting
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For the elected village head in the modern Republic of Turkey, see
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Al-Mughrabi, Nidal; Rose, Emily; Spetalnick, Matt (July 3, 2024).
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Politics and Sociolinguistic Reflexes: Palestinian Border Villages
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Conspiracy Rhetoric in Arab Politics: The Palestinian Case
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Cheshin, Amir S.; Hutman, Bill; Melamed, Avi (2009).
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rule". According to Amir S. Cheshin, Bill Hutman and
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Muhtar (title)
Mukhtar (disambiguation)
Arabic
romanized
lit.
Greek
Levant
Ottoman
Avi Melamed
Tore Björgo
Kodjabashi
Mayor


Politics and Sociolinguistic Reflexes: Palestinian Border Villages
ISBN
90-272-4128-7


Separate and Unequal
ISBN
978-0-674-02952-1
"Inside Gaza: The Challenges of Clans and Families"
International Crisis Group
Conspiracy Rhetoric in Arab Politics: The Palestinian Case
"Insight: Israel's next headache: who will run post-war Gaza?"
Reuters

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