Israeli-Jewish narratives of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Evolution, contents, functions, and consequences

Israeli and Palestinian Narratives of Conflict: History's Double Helix

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 19-46

  Bar Tal, Daniel ^a   Salomon, Gavriel ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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