Group Psychoanalysis for Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs — Part 3
In his recently published article, psychotherapist Paul Solomon showed that the irredentist Palestinian Arabs are engaging in a Holy War to oust the Jews from Israel and how the Jews are paranoid for thinking that the Arabs want them gone and intransigent for not making conciliatory moves for peace. Then he moves on to discuss […]
Group Psychoanalysis for Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs — Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, I critiqued the conclusion of a recently published paper by psychotherapist Paul Solomon. He discusses how group psychoanalysis can help us understand the itchy persistence of the conflict between Israeli Jews and those Arabs-who-now-like-to-call-themselves-Palestinians. . . . And how to resolve it! Let us now go to the beginning […]
Group Psychoanalysis For Israeli Jews And Palestinian Arabs — Part 1
Can theories of psychoanalysis help us understand the Israeli-“Palestinian” conflict? Can they offer us new ways to resolve the conflict? Psychotherapist Paul Solomon would answer in the affirmative. He recently published an article in the journal, Psychotherapy and Politics International. Entitled, “Israel/Palestine: Roadblocks to Negotiation,” it relates to the political cultures of Israel and the […]