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.
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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 489-513 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Civil Wars |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 7 Nov 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 7 Nov 2019 |
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- Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute