Fanning the Flames or a Troubling Truth? The Politics of Comparison in the Israel-Palestine Conflict. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Turner, Mandy
• Is Part Of: Civil wars. Volume 21:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 489
• Page End: 513
• Publication Date: 2019-10-02
• Subjects: Civil war -- Periodicals; War -- Periodicals; Ethnic relations -- Periodicals; 355.021805
• DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2019.1642612
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1369-8249

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The politics of comparison in the Israel-Palestine conflict is largely encapsulated in the use of two analogies. The first is the 'Holocaust-Hitler analogy' used by Israel and its supporters, which portrays Israel as a beleaguered nation surrounded by Nazi sympathisers who seek to destroy it as the Jewish homeland. The second is the 'apartheid analogy', which compares the conflict to that of Apartheid-era South Africa and portrays Palestinians as being the victims of racism and settler colonialism. This article analyses why, how and with what desired impact these two comparisons are invoked.