ABSTRACT
This chapter suggests the need for scholarship that goes beyond predominant ideological transnational binary dichotomies, ultimately pointing to the possibilities for social reform through human and community rights rather than through nationalist sentiment. The musical performance in contemporary Israel is examined in this chapter with an exclusive focus on non-Jewish identities, which are represented as subcultures within the contested borders of the nation-state. It also explains the diversity of contemporary Israeli urban populations, the limitations and possibilities of 'Jewishness', along with intercultural encounters, which blur boundaries of belonging. The 'Block Club' is differentiated from 'counter sites' in that it has never been a traditionally appropriate locale for Palestinian youth performance. The experience of danger and deviance associated with 'The Block Club' is exacerbated by the fact that Israeli buses and bus stations have been the primary targets of suicide attacks, which potentially threaten people of all ethnicities.
