Language:
English
Year of publication:
1989
Titel der Quelle:
Survey of Jewish Affairs
Angaben zur Quelle:
1988 (1989) 78-95
Keywords:
Antisemitism
;
Jewish-Arab relations
;
Islam Relations
;
Judaism
;
Arab-Israeli conflict
Abstract:
Discusses factors influencing Arab antisemitism in the 1980s, mostly political although traditional religious antagonism exists as well. In the 1980s, Arab regimes "turned inward, " each nation concentrating on its own affairs, which led to a decline in pan-Arabism and in the strength of commitment to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israel is no longer seen as the sole cause of Arab underdevelopment. This "state egotism" has led to greater receptivity to compromise. Notes, however, that the description of Israel's war victories in demonic terms has a disruptive potential. The fundamentalist Islamic attitude to Jews, Israel, and Zionism is marked by a "seesaw syndrome, " wavering between disdain and obsessive hatred, the latter a result of the shock and humiliation of the 1967 war. Israelis are now described as "New Mongols, " a demonic term, inferring that the external threat of Israel is almost on a par with the internal threat of Westernization.
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