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18. Israel's publications agency and the 1948 Palestinian refugees

Author

Nets-Zehngut, Rafi

Subjects
Arab-Israeli War, 1948-1949, Government information agencies -- Powers and duties, Forced migration -- Political aspects, Government publicity -- Methods, Historical revisionism -- Methods, Collective memory -- Political aspects, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

The article chronicles the way in which Israel's main institution for the dissemination of information (the national Publications Agency) described, between the early 1950s and 2004, the causes of 1948 Palestinian exodus, which led to the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem. This is done by analyzing all the Agency's publications that address these causes and were produced during this 50-year period. Generally, it was found that throughout the years, the publications presented the Zionist narrative of the causes of the exodus (willing flight of the refugees). Only three publications presented a narrative that slightly deviated from the Zionist narrative (Zionist-critical), addressing insignificant expulsions, while using euphemism and Softening References. In addition, the chapter describes (based on interviews with key figures in the Agency) the modus operandi of the Agency, and the reasons why self-censorship was practiced in addressing the exodus causes. Four main reasons for not addressing the 1948 expulsions of Palestinians were observed: 1) The wish to present Israel in a positive manner for domestic and international reasons; 2) Identification with the Zionist ideology; 3) Abiding by institutional norms; 4) Concern of sanctions., INTRODUCTION Nations involved in an intractable conflict usually present a biased official memory of the conflict. To fit their interests, such memory portrays these nations positively and their rivals negatively. [...]

Published
2016

38. Internal and External Collective Memories of Conflicts: Israel and the 1948 Palestinian Exodus

Author

Nets-Zehngut, Rafi

Subjects
lcsh:Social Sciences, lcsh:H, historical memory, 1948 Palestinian refugees, lcsh:Political science (General), 1948 War, autobiographical memory, official memory, collective memory, Open Section, Nakba, lcsh:JA1-92
Abstract

The general category of collective memory of conflicts includes several kinds of memories (e.g., official, autobiographical, and historical – of scholars) that the literature typically discusses as a unified phenomenon. This contribution demonstrates that each of these kinds of memory comprises two types of submemories: internal (how the holders of a sub-memory actually view the history of a conflict) and external (how they publicly express their views of that history). Empirically, the research is based on an examination of Israeli official, autobiographical, and historical memories from 1949 to 2004 concerning the causes of the 1948 Palestinian exodus. Methodologically, it uses content analysis of documents and interviews with key Israeli figures. Theoretically, the article proves the existence of these two sub-memories, discusses their different characteristics and implications, addresses their reciprocal relations, and explores selfcensorship and external censorship as the causes for the differences between them., International Journal of Conflict and Violence (IJCV), Vol 6 No 1 (2012)

Published
2012

46. The Israeli Collective Memory of the Israeli-Arab/Palestinian Conflict â€" .x000d.Determinants, Content and Consequences.

Author

Nets-Zehngut, Rafi and Bar-Tal, Daniel

Subjects
*ARAB-Israeli conflict, *ISRAELIS, *SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors, *PUBLIC opinion polls, *PSYCHOLOGY, *PUBLIC opinion
Abstract

The collective memory of intractable conflicts typically shapes the identities, emotions, attitudes and behavior of the conflicting parties in a manner that keeps the conflict alive. This is true also regarding the Israeli (Jewish) collective memory of the Israeli-Arab/Palestinian conflict. Notwithstanding, to date there is no real data regarding the content of this memory. This presentation explores this memory for the first time, based on a public opinion survey conducted in Israel in summer 2008. The findings explore, first, the content of this memory regarding e major events of the conflict, from its beginning about a century ago to recent times. Second, the findings explore various factors that determine the content of this memory (e.g., socio-demographic factors). And lastly, the consequences of this memory are discussed (e.g., regarding political attitudes, the ethos of conflict or emotions towards the rival parties). These findings are relevant in the Israeli context as well as to collective memory of conflicts in general. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2009

47. The Israeli/Jewish Historical Memory regarding the Causes for the 1948 Palestinian Refugee Problem â€" 1949-2004.

Author

Nets-Zehngut, Rafi

Subjects
*ARAB-Israeli conflict, *PALESTINIAN refugees, *ZIONISTS, *COLLECTIVE memory, *SCIENTIFIC community
Abstract

The Israeli-Arab/Palestinian conflict is a major intractable conflict among the conflicts in the world. The major historical issue in that conflict is the causes for the exodus of the 1948 Palestinian refugees: Whether they left voluntarily, for various reasons (the Zionist version), or whether some left voluntarily while other were expelled by the Jewish-Israeli security forces (the critical version). Typically, the literature describes the Israeli/Jewish historical memory (i.e., the approach of the Israeli/Jewish research community, including the academy) as it was presenting the Zionist narrative until about the mid-1980's. However, this description is not based on a systematic research. This presentation explores for the first time the way the Israeli/Jewish historical memory related to this historical issue from 1949 until 2004. According to the findings of this presentation, and in contradiction to the typical literature, significant critical scholarly studies were published already long before the mid-1980's. Other characteristics of this memory are also explored as well as the conservative approach of the Israeli academy regarding this issue and the reasons for this phenomenon. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2009

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