Beliefs Predicting Peace, Beliefs Predicting War: Jewish Americans and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Hagai, Ella Ben; Hammack, Phillip L.; Ziman, Megan; Zurbriggen, Eileen L.

doi:10.1037/e521512014-275

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“…Collective victimhood was measured using two items from Ben Hagai et al. () that were based on Bar‐Tal et al. () definition of collective victimhood.…”

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“…These items were slightly different across the two samples to represent common stereotypes about Arab and Jewish Israeli culture. Arab American participants were asked their level of agreement with two statements: “the Jews are by nature aggressive people” and “the Jews have a culture that is racist” and the Jewish American participants were asked, “The Palestinians are primitive people” and “The Palestinians are by nature violent people” (Ben Hagai et al., ; Smooha, ). Reliability for this two‐item measure was good (Arab Americans α = .80, Jewish Americans α = .70).…”

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“…Our aim in this first study was twofold. First, we sought to replicate prior research on Jewish Americans (Ben Hagai et al., ) that found that a monolithic narrative, dehumanization, and a zero‐sum view on the conflict were associated with support for peace among Jewish Americans. As such, we posed two hypotheses for Study 1.…”

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“…However, a study of Jewish Americans examining the three features of victimhood found that, although Jewish participants tended to feel a strong sense of collective victimhood in relation to past events in diaspora life, they didn't tend to agree that the current Israeli state is helpless (Ben Hagai, Zurbriggen, Hammack, & Ziman, ). This finding echoes studies from Israel, which suggest that, in its early days, Israeli society has confronted psychological victimhood by creating a sense of military might, so that “never again will Jews be powerless victims” (Klar, Schori‐Eyal, & Klar, , p. 213).…”

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“…A monolithic narrative on the conflict represents a view on the conflict that is not based solely on the ingroup narrative. Rather, a monolithic narrative represents an increased agreement with the ingroup narrative compared to the outgroup narrative (Ben Hagai et al., ).…”

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Bridging Narratives: Predictors of Jewish American and Arab American Support for a Two‐State Solution to the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict

Hagai

Zurbriggen

2019

Anal Soc Iss & Public Policy

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In a survey study of Arab and Jewish Americans, we examined which beliefs best predicted support for a two-state solution. We compared the role of a sense of collective victimhood, dehumanization of the outgroup, a zero-sum view, and a monolithic narrative on the conflict. In both the Arab American and the Jewish American samples, framing the conflict in terms of a monolithic narrative played the strongest role in predicting rejection of a two-state solution. On the other hand, when Jewish Americans agreed with the Palestinian narrative, that depicts the Palestinians as indigenous to the land but as dispossessed, they were more likely to support a two-state solution. Similarly, when Arab Americans agreed with the Israeli narrative, in which Israelis want to live in peace but need to defend themselves, they were more likely to support a two-state solution. In a second study, we examined if group values and concerns such as commitment to tikkun olam (commitment for justice for other minority groups) and concern with anti-Semitism mediated between identification as Jewish and acceptance of the Palestinian narrative on the conflict. We found that concern with anti-Semitism mediated between Jewish identity and rejection of the Palestinian narrative. On the

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“…Collective victimhood was measured using two items from Ben Hagai et al. () that were based on Bar‐Tal et al. () definition of collective victimhood.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Bridging Narratives: Predictors of Jewish American and Arab American Support for a Two‐State Solution to the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict

Hagai

Zurbriggen

2019

Anal Soc Iss & Public Policy

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Beyond comparisons: The complexity and context‐dependency of collective victim beliefs

Vollhardt

Szabó

McNeill

et al. 2021

Euro J Social Psych

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Social psychological research on collective victimhood has focused on just a few ways in which people think about the ingroup's victimization that imply certain assumptions and limit our understanding of collective victim beliefs. Additionally, different historical and sociopolitical contexts may make different collective victim beliefs relevant. This article examines collective victim beliefs expressed in open-ended survey responses among six different groups: Northern Irish participants, Greek Cypriots, Hungarians, Poles, Jewish Americans, and Armenian Americans (N = 638). Qualitative content analysis revealed five broader categories with several collective victim beliefs each. General appraisals of the ingroup's collective victimization entailed centrality of ingroup victimization versus defocusing victimhood. More specific appraisals included contextspecific characteristics of the ingroup's victimization, perceptions of the perpetrator group (attributions of blame), and perceptions of other victim groups (comparative victim beliefs, including rejecting comparisons). The findings extend and challenge commonly studied collective victim beliefs, and propose novel theoretical directions.

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Shifting away from a monolithic narrative on conflict: Israelis, Palestinians, and Americans in conversation.

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Hammack²,

Pilecki³

et al. 2013

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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Jewish Americans' opinions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict influence both the Israeli and the U.S. governments. Consequently, the Jewish American diaspora can act to promote or inhibit the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians. Several different sociopsychological beliefs have been postulated to lead individuals to support the perpetuation of conflict. Among these beliefs are a sense of collective victimhood, dehumanization and delegitimization of the other side, a zero-sum view on the conflict, and a monolithic narrative about the conflict. In this exploratory study we examined the role of these beliefs in predicting Jewish Americans' rejection or support of compromise solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A survey study of 176 Jewish Americans shows that a monolithic view on the conflict, dehumanizing and delegitimizing of the other side, and a zero-sum view on the conflict played an important role in predicting opposition to compromise solutions for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Beliefs about collective victimhood did not predict support for compromise solutions. Findings are discussed in terms of the centrality of narrative misrecognition in preventing agreement to concessions toward the other side.

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Beliefs Predicting Peace, Beliefs Predicting War: Jewish Americans and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Cited by 4 publications

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Bridging Narratives: Predictors of Jewish American and Arab American Support for a Two‐State Solution to the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict

Bridging Narratives: Predictors of Jewish American and Arab American Support for a Two‐State Solution to the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict

Beyond comparisons: The complexity and context‐dependency of collective victim beliefs

Shifting away from a monolithic narrative on conflict: Israelis, Palestinians, and Americans in conversation.

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