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The wall between : what Jews and Palestinians don't want to know about each other / by Raja G. Khouri & Jeffrey J. Wilkinson, Ph. D.

by Khouri, Raja G.

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Olive Branch Press, 2023.

Arab-Israeli conflict -- Psychological aspects.

Arab-Israeli conflict -- Public opinion.

9781623717193 (pbk)

xxvii, 161 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

"A groundbreaking book that offers concrete ways for Jews and Palestinians to speak (and listen) differently to each other. The Wall Between is a book about the wall that exists between Jewish and Palestinian communities in the Diaspora. Distrust, enmity, and hate are common currencies. They manifest at university campuses, schools and school boards, at political events, on social media, and in academic circles. For Jews, Israel must exist; for Palestinians, the historic injustice being committed since 1948 must be reversed. Neither wants to know why the Other cannot budge on these issues. The wall is up. These responses emanate, primarily, from the two 'metanarratives'of Jews and Palestinians: the Holocaust and the Nakba. Virtually every response to the struggle, from a member of either community, can be traced back to issues of identity, trauma, and victimhood as they relate to their respective metanarrative. This book examines the role that propaganda and disinformation play in cementing trauma-induced fears for the purpose of making the task of humanizing and acknowledging the Other not just difficult, but almost inconceivable. The authors utilize recent cognitive research on the psychological and social barriers that keep Jews and Palestinians in their camps, walled off from each other. They present a clear way through, one that is justice-centered, rather than trauma-and propaganda-driven." --Publisher.

Wilkinson, Jeffrey J.

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