Lets start with some good news:
The shared genetic heritage of Jews and Palestinians By Tom Rees January 20, 2009 Jews Are The Genetic Brothers Of Palestinians, Syrians, And Lebanese Science Daily May 9, 2000 Israeli-Palestinian genetic research project advanced by US donation February 2010 | Volume 9, Issue 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern non-Jewish populations share a common pool of Y-chromosome biallelic haplotypes.
Hammer MF, Redd AJ, Wood ET, Bonner MR, Jarjanazi H, Karafet T, Santachiara-Benerecetti S, Oppenheim A, Jobling MA, Jenkins T, Ostrer H, Bonne-Tamir B. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Jun 6;97(12):6769-74.
Haber M, Gauguier D, Youhanna S, Patterson N, Moorjani P, et al. (2013) Genome-Wide Diversity in the Levant Reveals Recent Structuring by Culture. PLoS Genet 9(2): e1003316. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1003316
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Trauma is Ubiquitous
Trajectories of resilience, resistance, and distress during ongoing terrorism: the case of Jews and Arabs in Israel.
Hobfoll SE, Palmieri PA, Johnson RJ, Canetti-Nisim D, Hall BJ, Galea S. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2009 Feb;77(1):138-48.
The limits of resilience: distress following chronic political violence among Palestinians.
Hobfoll SE, Mancini AD, Hall BJ, Canetti D, Bonanno GA. Soc Sci Med. 2011 Apr;72(8):1400-8. Epub 2011 Mar 8.
The psychological impact of the Israel-Hezbollah War on Jews and Arabs in Israel: the impact of risk and resilience factors.
Palmieri PA, Canetti-Nisim D, Galea S, Johnson RJ, Hobfoll SE. Soc Sci Med. 2008 Oct;67(8):1208-16. Epub 2008 Jul 28.
Stress reactions in Israel in the face of terrorism: Two Community Samples.
Mansdorf, I. J., & Weinberg, J. (2003). Traumatology, 9(3), 155-168.
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Samah Jabr: The 'invisible damage' of life under the occupation
From www.middleeastmonitor.com - December 20, 2014 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW "There is a wish for Palestinians to be stateless, but also faceless and voiceless."Samah Jabr, one of Palestine's first female psychiatrists and a trained psychoanalytic psychotherapist, has spent her life witnessing and treating th Mental health and resiliency following 44 months of terrorism: a survey of an Israeli national representative sample.
Bleich A, Gelkopf M, Melamed Y, Solomon Z.BMC Med. 2006 Aug 27;4:21.
Analysis of trauma exposure, symptomatology and functioning in Jewish Israeli and Palestinian adolescents.
Al-Krenawi A, Graham JR, Kanat-Maymon Y. Br J Psychiatry. 2009 Nov;195(5):427-32.
The association of exposure, risk, and resiliency factors with PTSD among Jews and Arabs exposed to repeated acts of terrorism in Israel.
Hobfoll SE, Canetti-Nisim D, Johnson RJ, Palmieri PA, Varley JD, Galea S. J Trauma Stress. 2008 Feb;21(1):9-21.
Adult attachment and emotional responses to traumatic memories among Palestinian former political prisoners
Katri Kanninen, Raija-Leena Punamäki, and Samir Qouta Traumatology, Vol. 9, No. 3 (September 2003)
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Attachment to land- The case of the land of Israel for American and Israeli Jews and the role of contagion
Paul Rozin and Sharon WolfJudgment and Decision Making, Vol. 3, No. 4, April 2008, pp. 325–334
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Between Human Rights and Hope — What Israelis Might Learn from the Truth and Reconciliation Process in South Africa.
Daphna Golan-Agnon International Review of Victimology. January 2010 vol. 17 no. 1 31-48
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Teaching Hate and Bias
Academic Study Weakens Israeli Claim That Palestinian School Texts Teach Hate
By Isabel Kershner NYTimes, February 3, 2013 Using human figure drawing as a tool for examining self-perception and emotional attitudes among Jewish and Arab children in Israel
Lipschitz-Elhawi Racheli, Yedidya Tova International Journal of Intercultural Relations Volume 35, Issue 5, September 2011, Pages 567–579 The study examined ingroup and outgroup perceptions among Jewish and Arab children in Israel. The sample comprised 191 children aged 10–12, 131 Jewish and 60 Arab participants who live in a mixed city. The main instrument used to examine the children's perceptions was a multidimensional analysis of Jewish and Arab figures drawn by the participants, as well as a questionnaire relating to the drawn figures. The findings revealed that, even though they lived in a mixed city and studied in the same classes, the Jewish children differentiated between the figures and overwhelmingly preferred Jewish figures to Arab figures. Moreover, they revealed negative stereotypes and expressed aggression in drawings of Arab figures. In contrast, among the Arab participants, the findings were inconsistent. In most of the variables, they did not distinguish between the various figures. However, in the quality variables, they tended to prefer figures of their own nationality and rejected Jewish figures. The findings are discussed in relation to the context of the residential environment (a mixed city), majority-minority status, and the Israeli-Arab conflict. |
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