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167160
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The Syrian civil war – which has largely ended following bloody 8 years – serves as a prime case study of mechanisms which challenge border realities, as well as geography and demography, through engagement of manifold internal and external actors. This article discusses these processes and their implications by focusing on the Syro-Israeli borderland. It analyses the main actors and their motives, geography of interactions, as well as implications for humanitarian situation and security considerations. It is argued that while the dynamics in the Syro-Israeli borderland have several unique characteristics, they also point to a broader process of re-drawing borderlands and lines of influence in the Middle East region.
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ID:
167156
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This article compares the image of the Arab in Israeli literature to the image of the enemy in Soviet literature. Focusing mainly on texts that describe the 1948 War of Independence written by Israeli authors of the so-called Palmah generation, it evaluates literary canons and their structures, namely the characters and plots. It finds a rare case of contact without influence whereby the massive presence of translated Russian works in Israeli cultural and literary life left little impact on original Hebrew literature of the time as far as the enemy’s image is concerned.
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167163
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It is commonly assumed that in Israel, higher income groups tend to hold more liberal views and vote for center-left parties while poorer segments of the population support rightwing parties. This article analyzes political attitudes and voting in four parliamentary elections by income groups, using the European Social Survey (ESS) data. By relying on transition matrices and mobility analysis, the article examines which income group is more loyal to the parties and political blocs. The results suggest that the percentage of rightwing voters within all classes is higher than that of leftwing voters. In addition, the poorest individuals are the most loyal voters while the richest are the most likely to switch parties and blocs. Finally, logit estimation shows that rightwing and ultra-orthodox voters are more likely to remain loyal to parties.
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ID:
167164
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This article discusses the role and significance of Jewish sport activities in Poland in the pre-World war II era. It shows that, well beyond their direct intrinsic value, these activities played an important role in building bringing up a generation of ‘New Jews’ – strong, healthy, courageous and confident citizens who could compete with other nationalities on equal footing.
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ID:
167161
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This article records my interview with Professor Ambassador Itamar Rabinovich. We discussed the keys for successful peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians; the differences between Camp David 1978 and Camp David 2000; The Oslo Accords; the role of the United States as a mediator and the potential of other countries to become mediators; the viability of a two-state solution; peace with Syria; Taba; Annapolis; the Israeli evacuation of Gaza, and the rise of Hamas. The interview assesses the positive and negative lessons and implications of the peace process, and the likelihood of bringing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to a close.
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ID:
167158
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This article examines how Mizrahim perceive their media representation on Israeli television. Using Karl Jaspers’ psychological theory of boundary situations, the article seeks to explain the seeming disparity between the negative depiction of Mizrahim on Israeli TV and Mizrahi consumption of these representations. Having conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with 25 individuals, the article found that most of the interviewees were well aware of their negative representation on Israeli TV yet used various interpretive strategies, stemming from ‘media boundary situations,’ to deal with this prejudice.
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ID:
167159
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This article analyzes a set of images of the Arab-Israeli conflict, published in 1947–67 by the Italian newspapers Unità (the communist party) and Avanti! (the socialist party), in an attempt to deconstruct the messages hidden behind these photographs and challenge the dichotomies on which the visual narrations of these periodicals were based. The general thesis is that these photographs were not meant to portray the actual reality of the conflict but rather to further political interests that had little to do with it.
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ID:
167162
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Most Israelis live in big and small cities and two neighborhood types that are unique to Israel – the moshav and the kibbutz – thus offering a natural experimental field for exploring the relationship between place of residence and general and financial risk aversion. Based on a sample of 528 questionnaires, this study found that independent of one’s place of residence respondents proved more risk averse in their general decision-making than with regard to financial issues. The kibbutz respondents demonstrated the highest average level of risk aversion, followed by small-city dwellers, big-city residents, and moshav members. The kibbutz level of risk aversion is inconsistent with the Cushion Hypothesis, while the lowest level of risk aversion demonstrated by moshav residents suggests that facing an independent lifestyle and significant dilemmas on a daily basis reduces not only the individual’s level of risk aversion in general, but also the level of intimidation associated with financial issues.
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ID:
167157
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This article explores explicit and implicit dimensions of identity that Negev Bedouin students position in their life stories. The literature review probes the participants’ historical, cultural and social contexts and presents the critical discourse-oriented perspective adopted in the study to explore identity construction in narrative discourse. Fourteen men and 16 women attending a college of education in southern Israel were asked to write meaningful stories related to various chapters in their lives. Interpretation of explicit themes and silences show that women and men positioned themselves as two separate groups vis-à-vis the male-dominated Bedouin tradition, and the Israeli government.
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