What is it about?
Studies have demonstrated the significant influence of the Holocaust on the intractable nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This article examines the role of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a coping mechanism for Israeli Jewish society, still struggling to contain the traumatic memories of the Holocaust. The article examines the relevance of psychoanalytical concepts seldom discussed in the context of intractable conflicts. The intractability of the conflict with the Palestinians enables Israeli society to generate a relationship with an external object, which is used to decrease tensions between its inner reality and the external world.
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Why is it important?
The significance of the article is twofold. First, psychoanalytical concepts are seldom mentioned in the context of intractable conflict research. Second, the article presents a perspective on the intractable nature of the conflict with the Palestinian as a coping mechanism. While much of the literature on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Holocaust explores the Holocaust's legacy on the conflict, it rarely examines the role of the conflict as a coping mechanism used by Israeli Jewish society to cope with the traumatic memories of the Holocaust.
Perspectives
Efforts to resolve the conflict have focused on the relations between the opposing sides to the conflict rather than the Holocaust immeasurable influence on the Israeli Jewish society. I hope the article will generate an additional view of the intractable nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Ofer Shinar Levanon
Ruppin Academic Center
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This page is a summary of: Under a constant shadow: The Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the traumatic memory of the Holocaust., Peace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology, February 2021, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/pac0000499.
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