African Asylum Seekers and the Changing Politics of Memory in Israel

Ram, Moriel; Yacobi, Haim

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“…Israel considered them as infiltrators and tried to prevent their return. As such, when the term infiltrators is used today to describe refugees, it operates in the sphere of society’s memory and it highlights the potential existential threat that current day “infiltrators,” the refugees, impose on Israeli society (Ram & Yacobi, 2012; Yaron, Hashimshony-Yaffe, & Campbell, 2013).…”

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“…Refugees living in Israel suffer exactly from not being recognized as such by the Israeli government. This lack of official recognition in their legal status causes a fragile and deprived situation, as refugees living in Israel stay at the margins of their host society, in many cases without proper means to sustain their livelihood (Ram & Yacobi, 2012). Few hundreds of these asylum seekers are incarcerated in a designated detention center and a jail in the south of Israel.…”

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“…In Israel, Ram and Yacobi (2012) find that memory stands at the heart of the local refugee debate. In this case, refugees and refugees' rights activists have used the Holocaust narrative to create a welcoming environment for African refugees living in Israel.…”

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“…In this case, refugees and refugees’ rights activists have used the Holocaust narrative to create a welcoming environment for African refugees living in Israel. Conversely, antirefugee activists used it in their messages when advocating the importance of maintaining a Jewish majority in Israel (thus negating the presence of asylum seekers), as it is the only safe haven for Jews from all over the world, and the ultimate answer to the Holocaust (Ram & Yacobi, 2012). Thus, both the refugees and the Israeli government act as “memory agents” (Vinitzky-Seroussi, 2002) who try to influence how and what Israeli society remembers.…”

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Dominant News Frames, Society’s Memory, and the African Asylum Seekers’ Protest in Israel

Tirosh

2018

American Behavioral Scientist

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This study questions the role of media in the formation of society’s memory regarding the asylum seeker struggle in Israel. Through analyzing 180 news articles published during the daily coverage of the refugees’ protest in Israel between December 2013 and January 2014, this study offers an opportunity to explore the mediated environment that also shapes the refugees’ situation in Israel and the role of the printed press in a memory contestation. The study demonstrates that while traditional media are a site in which different versions of the past, even including the refugees’ own version, are being contested and evaluated, they are not enough to guarantee that refugees will gain recognition as such, because traditional media maintain the power to shape and construct the debate in ways that do not always support the refugees’ claims.

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Dominant News Frames, Society’s Memory, and the African Asylum Seekers’ Protest in Israel

Tirosh

2018

American Behavioral Scientist

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“…Those who adopt this perspective use the Holocaust to claim and demonstrate that Israelis have higher humanitarian values than members of other countries who ignored Jews during the Holocaust. In addition, the universalistic view emphasizes the obligation to protect human rights and help those suffering from persecution (Ram & Yacobi, ).…”

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National Days, National Identity, and Collective Memory: Exploring the Impact of Holocaust Day in Israel

Ariely

2019

Political Psychology

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This study uses the case of Holocaust Day in Israel to examine the premise that national days impact national identity and collective memory. Specifically, the study examines whether a very unique type of national day-Holocaust Day-impacts national identification, nationalism, and collective memory in the form of Israeli Jews' perceptions of the "lessons" of the Holocaust. This study uses panel survey design data on national identity and perceptions of the Holocaust's lessons from the same sample of Israeli Jews (N = 665) collected two months prior to Holocaust Day and again during and after Holocaust Day. During and after Holocaust Day, respondents expressed increased levels of nationalism and more perceptions of both particularistic and universalistic Holocaust lessons. Participation in Holocaust Day practices had a stronger relationship with nationalism and national identification during Holocaust Day than before but a weaker relationship with the perception of a universalistic lesson during Holocaust Day. These findings indicate that Holocaust Day impacts national identity and collective memory and highlights the multifaceted nature of the relationships between national identity, collective memory, and national days. The theoretical implication of the findings as well as the case comparability are discussed in light of the findings.

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Introduction: A Dual Focus

Brownlie

2020

Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies

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African Asylum Seekers and the Changing Politics of Memory in Israel

Cited by 13 publications

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Dominant News Frames, Society’s Memory, and the African Asylum Seekers’ Protest in Israel

Dominant News Frames, Society’s Memory, and the African Asylum Seekers’ Protest in Israel

National Days, National Identity, and Collective Memory: Exploring the Impact of Holocaust Day in Israel

Introduction: A Dual Focus

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