Otef Aza, the Israeli-Arab/Palestinian Conflict, and the War Relations with the Hamas Regime in the Gaza Strip

Social work with young women in security emergencies: An autoethnography of epistemic resistance

“…(Chaitin et al, 2022, p. 5) Palestinians and Israelis tend to depict themselves as victims of the conflict. Each side describes its violence as retaliatory, and the other side's as motivated by aggressive intent rather than external attacks (Haushofer et al, 2010; for a more detailed overview of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, see Chaitin et al, 2022). Since I am telling the story from the point of view of a researcher, social worker, and author from the Israeli side, it is important to point out that this is a partial perspective.…”

“…The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is intractable and:[C]haracterized by highly entrenched, polar positions of issues, opposing ideologies, religious contention, and contradictory narratives of why the conflict started, who is to blame, who has the rights to the land, who is the victim, and who is the aggressor. (Chaitin et al, 2022, p. 5)…”

“…The continuing political conflict is manifested in the launching of innumerable Grad and Qassam rockets and incendiary balloons from Gaza into Israel, and strikes by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on the Gaza Strip (Alhuzail, 2021, p. 488). Chaitin et al (2022) noted that in the 2009 “UN Report on the First Gaza War/Operation Cast Lead,” it was estimated that 1,400 Palestinians were killed. Thousands more were wounded—most, innocent civilians—thousands of Palestinian homes and buildings were destroyed, and the Gaza infrastructure was severely damaged.…”