The last decade has witnessed a concentrated Israeli strategy to increase the financial inclusion of its two million Palestinian citizens. Policies implemented as part of this strategy include the doubling of granted mortgages and increasing access to credit and microcredit loans through newly established funds. Official documents discursively frame financial inclusion as a means of elevating the socio-economic status of Palestinian Citizens Israel (PCI) and weaken the role of organised Palestinian criminal institutions.

In this research project I will inquire into the Israeli state’s financial inclusion strategies and policies targeting PCI, to understand their history, character and implications for the Palestinian housing sector and class formations, as well as their relationship to the ongoing practices of Israeli settler-colonialism.