Political thought and behavior play an important role in our lives, from ethnic tensions in Europe, to the war in Iraq and the Middle Eastern conflict, to parliamentary and presidential elections. However, little is known about how the individual's political attitudes and decisions are shaped by subtle national cues that are so prevalent in our environment. We report a series of experiments tha...

A string of recent events brought again at the forefront the deterioratingif not completely reversed, towards conflict-IsraeliPalestinian peace process; from the election of Donald Trump and his -at least partial or potential-detachment from the two-state solution as well as the recognition by the US of Jerusalem as the capital of the US1, to the Israeli, continuous settlement expansion2 and fr...

Perceived collective victimhood plays a significant role in conflictual intergroup relations. We suggest a conceptualization of three different layers of collective victimhood: historical victimhood, general conflict victimhood, and conflict event victimhood. Three studies explore the interrelationship between the layers and their effects in the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. In S...

How does accountability impact political decisions? Though previous research on accountability has demonstrated its potential effects in the realms of business, elections, and more, very little research has explored the effect of citizen accountability in highly ideological, intractable, and political conflicts. This article addresses this issue, looking at the unique interaction between accoun...

This article bridges between the de-Europeanization framework and works on populism to theorize about dynamics their potential drivers. Empirically, explores Polish foreign policy under PiS government for case of EU-foreign cooperation toward Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As a highly Europeanized issue longstanding EU priority, Israeli Palestinian conflict constitutes an interesting emerging re...

Abstract This paper focuses on practice insights derived from using nonviolent communication (NVC) as a method of conflict transformation. After describing the main principles and components NVC, we will present an example field: crisis in relationships between Arab‐Israeli educators staff members Jewish‐Israeli museum who established partnership for special project: to train Arab teach about H...

Between 1984 and 1996, public health authorities in Israel maintained a secret policy of discarding blood donations made by Ethiopian-Israeli citizens and immigrants. Officials later attempted to justify this policy on the grounds that immigrants from Ethiopia were subject to high rates of infectious disease (especially HIV). In 1996, this led to an explosive and violent confrontation between E...