Book contents
- Striving for Peace through Personal Narratives of Genocide and War
- The Progressive Psychology Book Series
- Striving for Peace through Personal Narratives of Genocide and War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: Prehistory, Today, and Tomorrow
- Part I Theoretical Background of the Book
- Part II Personal Narratives in the Contexts of the Holocaust, Israeli–Palestinian Conflict, and Internal Israeli Divisions
- Chapter 6 Personal Narratives Connected to the Holocaust
- Chapter 7 Personal Narratives in the Jewish–Arab and Israeli–Palestinian Conflict Contexts
- Chapter 8 Personal Narratives in the Jewish–Jewish Conflict Context
- Part III Suggestions for Further Research and Peace Work on the Ground
- References
- Index
Chapter 8 - Personal Narratives in the Jewish–Jewish Conflict Context
from Part II - Personal Narratives in the Contexts of the Holocaust, Israeli–Palestinian Conflict, and Internal Israeli Divisions
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- Striving for Peace through Personal Narratives of Genocide and War
- The Progressive Psychology Book Series
- Striving for Peace through Personal Narratives of Genocide and War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: Prehistory, Today, and Tomorrow
- Part I Theoretical Background of the Book
- Part II Personal Narratives in the Contexts of the Holocaust, Israeli–Palestinian Conflict, and Internal Israeli Divisions
- Chapter 6 Personal Narratives Connected to the Holocaust
- Chapter 7 Personal Narratives in the Jewish–Arab and Israeli–Palestinian Conflict Contexts
- Chapter 8 Personal Narratives in the Jewish–Jewish Conflict Context
- Part III Suggestions for Further Research and Peace Work on the Ground
- References
- Index
Summary
In Chapter 8, through the presentation and analysis of our four conceptualized kinds of personal narratives of intractable war – distancing, victimhood, ambivalence/paradoxes, and embracing the other while remaining in one’s pain – we address a major issue, which has always divided Jewish-Israeli society: Arab–Jewish/Israeli–Palestinian relations. This issue tends to divide the left wing from the right wing and the secular from the religious Jewish citizens. This schism exploded in late 2022, when a very right-wing coalition was formed in the Israeli Knesset and government, which led to numerous legislative proposals that have been perceived by many as endangering Israel’s fragile democracy. This political upheaval further led to massive demonstrations and strikes that threw the country into turmoil. While this specific ideological/religious divide is mainly between Jews and Jews, it ties into the Jewish–Arab/Israeli–Palestinian conflict, as its roots connect to the question of the desired nature of the state and to the often-hostile intergroup relationships that characterize Israeli society. In this chapter, we present personal narratives connected to Jewish–Jewish relations, a very “hot” topic in Israeli society today.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025