Israel/Palestine: Roadblocks to negotiation

Abstract

The article outlines aspects of psychoanalytic and group analytic thinking about conflict between large groups in relation to the tragic and violent Israel/Palestine impasse and to large-group dynamics involving Western onlookers, including the writer. As a Western observer, I declare my bias by describing the origin of my interest in the situation in Israel. Aspects of Palestinian and Israeli political culture that block the path to peace are discussed.