Israel on the Couch: The Psychology of the Peace Process

Index

187 Index Abraham, 15, 17, 88 Acting out, 54, 81, 126 Adolescence: emotional growth in, 31; omnipotence in, 24; rebellion in, 109 Aggression: avoidance of dealing with, 111; curbing, 4, 44; denial of, 44–48, 107; emotions leading to, 125; of extreme right, 44; fear and, 48, 51; identi fication with, 39, 49, 50, 69, 70, 132– 138; past injury and, 39; peace process and, 44; as reaction to hurt, 46; recognition of, 67, 115; reluctance to renounce , 44; repression of, 50, 111; sympathetic attitude with, 149; toward Palestinians, 91; unconscious, 46; verbal , 144; weakness behind, 39 Agranat Commission, 52 Ahimeir, Ya’acov, 49 Akiva (Rabbi), 89 Anger, 10, 160; dissipation of, 25; identification with aggressor and, 135; recognition and, 25 Anthem, national, 63–66, 73; change needed, 64; egocentricity of, 63; fear and, 64; of paranoid nation, 64; as spirit of nation, 65 Anxiety, 1, 23, 24, 30, 73, 104; covering up, 7; existential, 33, 52, 179; lack of belief in power and, 40; obsessive rituals and, 31; repression of, 55; revealing, 39 Arab peoples: acceptance of existence of Israel by, 27; agreements with, 21, 22, 26, 28, 69, 70, 77, 135, 140; alleviation of tension with, 103; boycotts against Israel, 144; common fate with Jewish peoples, 168; contempt toward, 12; credibility of, 139; defensive lying by, 140, 141; defensiveness of, 11; desire to eliminate Israel, 53; development of limits for, 22–23, 129; difficulty in separation and, 141–142; ego forces and, 136, 143–146; emotional attitude of, 136; emotional bond with, 99, 100; emotional conciliation with Israel, 128; expectations of Jewish peoples, 150– 151; family structure, 134, 148, 149; fantasies of destruction of Israel by, 27; fear of domination by, 11; feelings of injustice toward West, 171; feelings of shame and, 145, 146; feelings of Western favoritism to Israel, 171; image of mothers in, 148; inclination to bargain, 141–142; inequality in encounters with, 151–152; insults and, 122–130, 134, 138, 139, 143, 149, 152, 170, 179; international support for, 42, 43; Israeli, 29, 32, 48, 63, 101, 143; Israeli attitude toward, 131; Jewish peoples and, 122–156; knowledge of Israel’s nonconventional weaponry, 161, 178; lack of consistency in, 145; lack of fear of Israel, 40; language of, 134, 146–156; legitimate desires of, 25; need for apologies to, 172, 173; recognition of feelings of, 59; similarity of government to family structure , 148; speaking to, 146–156; suffering of, 21; thoughts of, 130–146; viewed by Jews, 11; warmth in relationships by, 146, 147, 148, 149 Arafat, Suha, 144 Arafat, Yasser, 22, 27, 30, 44, 45, 55, 74, 99, 100, 101, 103, 105, 109, 110, 111, 138, 139, 142, 144 Arrogance, 7, 10, 13, 37, 151; covering up with, 7; weakness behind, 39 A-Shara, Farouq, 68, 70, 73, 74, 85, 86, 140, 141 al-Assad, Bashar, 75 al-Assad, Hafez, 69, 70, 72, 75, 102, 138, 139 Authority: assertion of, 45; encounters with, 155; rebellion against, 49 Awareness: consciousness and, 80; emotional , 3; of emotional messages, 122; integration and, 80; raising, 26; of red lines, 26, 30; self, 5, 8 Azzam, Azzam, 130, 131, 137 Bakshish, 22 Barak, Ehud, 20, 22, 49, 59, 61, 70, 72, 73, 74, 76, 94, 96, 97, 99, 102, 115, 122, 137, 138, 146 Begin, Benny, 45 Begin, Menachem, 22, 80, 102, 110, 150 Ben-Gurion, David, 22, 42, 117, 118 Bereavement, 33 Boundaries: for aggression, 44–45; clear, 153; delivered with warmth, 112, 149; on extreme right, 45; fear of violation of, 34 Brotherhood, 98, 99 Ceausescu syndrome, 72 Center Party, 23 Change: in attitude toward Palestinians, 154; internalization of, 81; processes of acceptance and, 27; in psychotherapy, 23, 28; understanding, 27 Childhood: aggression and, 44; developmental processes in, 24; identification with aggressor, 17; latency period, 140; lying in, 140; magical thinking and, 143; need for defenses in, 21; need for limits, 22, 107, 108, 111; oedipal stage in, 98, 99; omnipotent stage in, 24; resolution of masculine conflict, 98106 ; security in, 21; traumatic, 2 Christopher, Warren, 14, 21, 108 Clinton, Bill, 72 Compromise, 72, 95; religion and, 77 Concession, 92 Conflict, international, 1 Death penalty, 48 Defense mechanisms, 1; growth and, 23; mobilization of, 55; reversal, 51; war as, 32 Defensiveness, 11 Democracy: borders of, 95; development of, 145; free press in, 139; open debate in, 41; protection of human rights in, 41; psychotherapy and, 3, 75, 134; survival of, 41 Denial, 24; of aggression, 44–48, 107; of existence of other...