Protected by Ethos in a Protracted Conflict? A Comparative Study among Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-92

  Lavi, Iris ^a   Canetti, Daphna ^a   Sharvit, Keren ^a   Bar Tal, Daniel ^b   Hobfoll, Stevan E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ethos of conflict; Israeli Palestinian conflict; political ideology; political violence; protracted conflict; psychological distress; terrorism; threat perceptions; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892452671     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002712459711     Document Type: Article

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