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The Vicious Circle of Rightfulness, Power, and Loss of Compassion
Israelis have internalized the sense of victimhood and have thus become blind to the suffering of their adversaries, writes Israeli psychologist Dan Bar-On
Dan Bar-On: Now we are the ones who refuse to conduct a dialogue, less out of political wisdom, but out of feeling of superiority and power-orientation, writes
In the film Paradise Now one of the Palestinian potential suicide bombers tells his girlfriend: The Israelis took ownership on both the rightfulness of being victims and on the total powerfulness. They have left us no choice but to do the same. I wish to add to this important sentence, that when both sides take ownership on both rightfulness and powerfulness, there is no space left for compassion.