‘Ahmed, my son, how they killed you’: Israeli soldiers perform the Palestinian enemy

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‘Ahmed, my son, how they killed you’: Israeli soldiers perform the Palestinian enemy. / Sion, Liora.

In: Journal of Peace Research, 19.02.2024.

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Harvard

Sion, L 2024, '‘Ahmed, my son, how they killed you’: Israeli soldiers perform the Palestinian enemy', Journal of Peace Research.

APA

Sion, L. (2024). ‘Ahmed, my son, how they killed you’: Israeli soldiers perform the Palestinian enemy. Manuscript submitted for publication.

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Sion L. ‘Ahmed, my son, how they killed you’: Israeli soldiers perform the Palestinian enemy. Journal of Peace Research. 2024 Feb 19.

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Sion, Liora. / ‘Ahmed, my son, how they killed you’: Israeli soldiers perform the Palestinian enemy. In: Journal of Peace Research. 2024.

Bibtex

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abstract = "Navigating the landscape of enemy formation research, this paper studies the process of enemy making within an intractable conflict. Through analysing Israeli soldiers´ war songs, I study the dynamic process of enemy making over three periods: the first intifada, the second intifada, and the last decade. I argue that the attitude of Israeli soldiers towards Palestinians has changed from ambivalent empathy to dehumanization and eventually to demonization, viewing the Palestinians as a biblical enemy worthy of total destruction. However, the causation between the mode of violence and the perception of the enemy is still unclear; it is uncertain which one leads to the other. Nevertheless, they mutually feed into and complement each other.",
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