Frameworks
The belief that if the perennial enemy is either eliminated or rendered unable to fight back, peace will be the natural outcome
What is peace through surrender?
The document that begins: "His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people..."
What is the Balfour Declaration?
He warned against "settling against" if the Zionists did not work together with the Arabs of Palestine.
Who is Martin Buber?
The belief that safety for Jews will come through a well-protected Jewish majority in Palestine with a strong military.
What is Revisionist Zionism?
This divides right from left in Israeli Politics.
What are disagreements about the West Bank?
This is a policy/practice of a sovereign state expanding its power by territorial acquisition, economic control, or political control.
What is imperialism?
This war took place in 1948
What is the Nakba? What is Independence?
He believed in no agreements with the Arabs of Palestine, and instead preferred an "Iron Wall" of domination.
Who is Ze'ev Jabotinsky?
This book was written in 1949 to hold Israelis accountable to the actions of the IDF during the 1947-1949 war.
What is Khirbet Khizya?
A cultural revival of Jewish language, poetry, music, and literature emerging from Palestine to connect Jews of the world.
What is cultural Zionism?
A cataclysmic event that shatters the basic fabric of society. It causes a crisis of meaning and suggests that the tragedy is represented in the memory of the group. The group participates in an ongoing reconstruction of the event in an attempt to make sense of it.
What is collective trauma?
This the famous agreement between Israelis and Palestinians from the 1990s.
What are the Oslo Accords?
He moved frequently between Israel/Palestine and Lebanon, in search of his love -- simultaneously hopeful and hopeless.
Who is Said the Pessoptimist?
This is not a border; rather, it's the place where armies agree to stop fighting until a peace treaty is signed.
What is an Armistice Line?
The passing down of culturally-derived teachings and traditions about threat that promote group preservation; these traditions of threat amplify existential concerns and increase the motivation to embed the trauma into a symbolic system of meaning.
What is hypervigillance?
This is a system of oppression that regards Jews as "other" and "less than".
What is antisemitism?
70% of Palestinians in Gaza hold this status.
What is a Palestinian refugee?
He is one of the most right-wing leaders in the current Israeli Government.
Who is Bezalel Smotrich? (will also accept: Who is Itamar Ben Gvir?)
This is a "feels-as-if story"—it’s the story feelings tell, in the language of symbols
What is a Deep Story?
This is the name of the Israeli Parlaiment.
What is the Knesset?
This involves the exploitation of people, land, or economics. It involves a foreign group of people replacing the native population.
What is settler-colonialism?
This waterway closure sparked the 1967 war.
He gave a famous speech calling for Jericho and Hebron the eve of Israel's 19th Independence.
Who is Tzi Yehuda Kook?
This is the court that prosecutes individuals for war crimes.
What is the ICC?
This is the best snack from the spa (in my doggy opinion).
Cheese board / selection of cheeses