The Loneliness of Israel. The Jewish State’s Status in International Relations

Marzano, Arturo

doi:10.1080/03932729.2013.787829

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“…However, with the stagnation of the peace process, the expansion of West Bank settlements, the construction of ‘the separation wall’ and Israel’s wars in Lebanon and Gaza (e.g. Marzano, 2013) in the aftermath of the second intifada, ‘Israel’s reputation abroad has dramatically deteriorated’ (Gilboa, 2006: 715). With the military occupation of the West Bank and the blockade of the Gaza Strip, as well as accusations of grave human rights and international law violations, global opinion polls showed that Israel’s public image became increasingly negative (see Gilboa, 2006: 731–735; Greenfield, 2012).…”

Section: Israel’s International Misrecognition and Its Techniques Of mentioning

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International misrecognition: The politics of humour and national identity in Israel’s public diplomacy

Adler‐Nissen

Tsinovoi

2018

European Journal of International Relations

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Recognition, or the lack of it, is a central concern in International Relations. However, how states cope with international misrecognition has so far not been thoroughly explored in International Relations scholarship. To address this, the article presents a theoretical framework for understanding international misrecognition by drawing on discursive and psychoanalytical theories of collective identity formation and humour studies. The article conceptualises international misrecognition as a gap between the dominant narrative of a national Self and the way in which this national Self is reflected in the ‘mirror’ of the international Other. We argue that humour offers an important way of coping with misrecognition by ridiculing and thereby downplaying international criticism. The significance for international relations is illustrated through an analysis of the public diplomacy campaign ‘Presenting Israel’, which, through parodying video clips, mobilised ordinary Israeli citizens to engage in peer-to-peer public diplomacy when travelling abroad. Public diplomacy campaigns are commonly seen by scholars and practitioners as attempts to improve the nation’s image and smoothen or normalise international Self–Other relations. However, after analysing the discursive and visual components of the campaign — which parodied how European media portrayed Israel as primitive, violent and exotic — this article observes that in the context of international misrecognition, such coping attempts can actually contribute to further international estrangement.

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International misrecognition: The politics of humour and national identity in Israel’s public diplomacy

Adler‐Nissen

Tsinovoi

2018

European Journal of International Relations

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“Watching and waiting” and “much ado about nothing”? Making sense of the Israeli response to the Arab uprisings

Beck

2016

Palgrave Commun

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This article covers Israel's response to the Arab uprisings. The analysis deals with the issue of both material and immaterial political actions of the Israeli political leadership. A theoretical approach based on "thin rationalism"-actors pursue strategies based on their preferences-encompassing orthodox and heterodox schools of thought of International Relations (Neo-Realism, Institutionalism, Liberalism and a Copenhagen Schoolinspired concept of international securitization) is developed and applied to the case. The article contributes to the solution of a research puzzle. On the one hand, Israel's material political action followed a watching-and-waiting approach, as Israel refrained from actively interfering in the domestic affairs of Arab countries highly affected by the Arab uprisings. On the other hand, in terms of political communication, major executive branches of the Israeli state pursued a harsh policy: the "Arab Spring" was presented to the global public as a dangerous threat to Israel's security. Major results at the empirical level are that Israel-seen through the spectacles of the three orthodox schools of thought-was never seriously threatened by the Arab uprisings, which contributes to explaining why Israel's material policy was rather equanimous. At the same time, the harsh Israeli policy at the level of political communication is made sense of as a policy that added to Israel's attempts to legitimize its occupation of Palestine toward the (Western-dominated) international community. At the theoretical level, further application of the securitization approach aimed at the international level is encouraged. This article is published as part of a collection on analyzing security complexes in a changing Middle East.

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Tapping into the zeitgeist: Israel’s East-looking policy

Azad

2020

Israel Affairs

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The Loneliness of Israel. The Jewish State’s Status in International Relations

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

International misrecognition: The politics of humour and national identity in Israel’s public diplomacy

International misrecognition: The politics of humour and national identity in Israel’s public diplomacy

“Watching and waiting” and “much ado about nothing”? Making sense of the Israeli response to the Arab uprisings

Tapping into the zeitgeist: Israel’s East-looking policy

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