| ID | 169941 |
| Title Proper | Fanning the Flames or a Troubling Truth? The Politics of Comparison in the Israel-Palestine Conflict |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Turner, Mandy |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The politics of comparison in the Israel-Palestine conflict is largely encapsulated in the use of two analogies. The first is the ‘Holocaust-Hitler analogy’ used by Israel and its supporters, which portrays Israel as a beleaguered nation surrounded by Nazi sympathisers who seek to destroy it as the Jewish homeland. The second is the ‘apartheid analogy’, which compares the conflict to that of Apartheid-era South Africa and portrays Palestinians as being the victims of racism and settler colonialism. This article analyses why, how and with what desired impact these two comparisons are invoked. |
| `In' analytical Note | Civil Wars Vol. 21, No.4; Dec 2019: p.489-513 |
| Journal Source | Civil Wars Vol: 21 No 4 |
| Key Words | Israel-Palestine conflict ; Politics of Comparison |