Language:
English
Year of publication:
1999
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Genocide Research
Angaben zur Quelle:
1,3 (1999) 439-453
Keywords:
Israel.
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
Refugees, Palestinian Arab
;
Antisemitism
;
Jewish-Arab relations
;
Islam Relations
;
Judaism
;
Psychology, Military
Abstract:
On both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Holocaust-related metaphors are used to voice the community's distress and to justify individual actions. In morally problematic campaigns, like the war in Lebanon (1982-85) or the Intifada (1987-94), many Israeli soldiers who refused to serve in the war zone explained their decision in terms of the Holocaust (e.g. they would not follow orders blindly). Contends that by using familiar and powerful Holocaust metaphors to describe their moral dilemmas, the Israelis could facilitate their understanding of the complex situation, organize their experience and interpretation of it, and clarify to themselves and others what stance they ought to take. Above all, they conveyed their moral imagination and moral feelings. Contends that the use of Holocaust imagery by the Palestinians is more pernicious than it is by Israelis.
DOI:
10.1080/14623529908413971
URL:
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