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There are two main opposing narratives employed by Israel's elite in its interaction with the Diaspora: one depicts the Jewish state as ‘strong, protective and salvaging’ and the other portrays it as a weak nation that ‘dwells alone’. This article argues that it is not only the two opposing narratives but also the same imagination agent that is an essential element of both Israel's political goals for the Diaspora and the Diaspora's transnational characteristics. It will also present a model for analysing the relationship between historical trauma and threat from future traumas as imagination agents, the Homeland political goals and trauma as the main diasporic characteristic.
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