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Is an Israeli Jewish sense of victimization perpetuating the conflict with Palestinians?
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| Contributor | Penguin |
| Last Edited | Penguin Feb 13, 2009 12:27am |
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| Category | Analysis |
| Media | Newspaper - Ha Aretz |
| News Date | Friday, February 13, 2009 06:25:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A new study of Jewish Israelis shows that most accept the 'official version' of the history of the conflict with the Palestinians. Is it any wonder, then, that the same public also buys the establishment explanation of the operation in Gaza?
A pioneering research study dealing with Israeli Jews' memory of the conflict with the Arabs, from its inception to the present, came into the world together with the war in Gaza. The sweeping support for Operation Cast Lead confirmed the main diagnosis that arises from the study, conducted by Daniel Bar-Tal, one of the world's leading political psychologists, and Rafi Nets-Zehngut, a doctoral student: Israeli Jews' consciousness is characterized by a sense of victimization, a siege mentality, blind patriotism, belligerence, self-righteousness, dehumanization of the Palestinians and insensitivity to their suffering. The fighting in Gaza dashed the little hope Bar-Tal had left - that this public would exchange the drums of war for the cooing of doves. |
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