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Israel–Palestine

Unresolved group trauma is an obstacle for peace

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ID6426604
AuthorsArturo Ezquerro (0000-0002-9910-4576), María Cañete (0000-0001-7967-1103)
Year2025
Volume58
Issue2
Pages167-196
Publication date2025-01-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGroup Analysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0533-3164 • E-ISSN: 1461-717X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/05333164241306348
OpenAlexW4406706267
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited31

This article explores key aspects of man-made human suffering from a psychoanalytic, group-analytic and group attachment standpoint. It postulates that, when unresolved individual and group trauma remains untreated, it can be a fuel for vicious cycles of hatred, terror and destruction. In order to explore this, the article focuses on the intractable Israel–Palestine conflict; it invites the reader to reflect on the Jewish Holocaust and the Palestinian Nakba and their role in the perpetuation of the ongoing conflict. It includes a clinical case study of a Holocaust survivor who benefited from combined individual and group psychotherapy and became able to come to terms with her traumatic past. The aim of the present research is to encourage working harder for peace, endeavouring to achieve a deeper understanding of unconscious individual and group psychological defence mechanisms in the clinical setting as well as the sociopolitical context

Ancient history · Group (periodic table · Obstacle · Palestine · Physics · Political science · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology

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