empathy

A screenshot from the B'Tselem video documenting the raid on the Da'na family's home in Hebron.
What would you do if soldiers dragged your son out of bed in the middle of the night?
After more than half a century of occupation, most Israelis can no longer imagine themselves in the place of the Palestinians. But if we cannot imagine what it is like to live under occupation, we must at least confront its brutal reality.  Twenty years ago, in March 1998, the head of the Labor Party Ehud…
By Orly Noy June 8, 2018
Palestinian boys line up during a morning assembly at a UNRWA school in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, September 15, 2014. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
Educating toward peace: Two narratives for two peoples
After Oslo, Israel made an attempt to institutionalize education toward peace, but it drowned in bloodshed and violence. A look at the situation today. By Gil Gertel Not a single educator has made a single educational declaration regarding the current situation over the past month. Nothing. Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett keeps repeating that Palestinian…
By +972 Magazine October 28, 2015
A demonstration in northern Israel during the events of October 2000. (Courtesy of Adalah)
October 2000: How to get Israelis to empathize with Arabs
A former editor of Israel’s flagship weekend television news program reflects on the challenge of presenting the October 2000 events — when Israeli police killed 13 unarmed Arab protesters — in a way Jewish Israelis might empathize with the pain of the country’s Palestinian population. By Anat Saragusti It was an intense meeting in a…
By +972 Magazine October 6, 2015
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A Palestinian man from Gaza walks down an open air corridor at the Erez Crossing terminal, the northern checkpoint leading from the Gaza Strip to Israel, in the area of Beit Hanun, February 14, 2012. (Photo by Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
The mentality of conflict: Six steps to avoiding empathy
From Protective Edge to the Jerusalem implosion, the mentality of conflict has been pushed under a microscope. During that time I’ve noticed a few axioms about how Israelis experience these wars. I imagine other sides in other conflicts may share them too, although they require pretty close scrutiny and insider knowledge – so I won’t…
By Dahlia Scheindlin November 20, 2014
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