The Imprint of the Int fad

Response of Kibbutz-Born Soldiers to Military Service in the West Bank and Gaza

Bibliographic Data

ID7665183
AuthorsYechezkel Dar (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author), Shaul Kimhi (0000-0003-2347-5941, Tel-Hai College, Israel), N Stadler (0000-0001-5945-7062, Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Alek D Epstein (0000-0003-1187-2405, Sociology department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Year2000
Volume26
Issue2
Pages285-311
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArmed Forces & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0095327x0002600206
OpenAlexW1979390000
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Israel Army veterans of kibbutz background who had served in the occupied territories during the Intifada were retrospectively asked how this service affected them. Some common themes were disclosed. Service in the territories deepened understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but increased fear and hate of Arabs. These feelings did not lead to a national extremism, but rather to a rationalistic position demanding a peaceful, political solution. The majority of respondents became firmer in their original "leftist" position, and the justification for their position was utilitarian, considering the needs of the Israeli side; only a few based their position on support for the Palestinians' rights or suffering. To cope with the conflict between their military duty and their moral values, soldiers either sought shelter in military orders or compartmentalized their humanistic values and military duty. Few criticized the army. The major criticism, that soldiers had not been given enough tools to deal with the challenges of the Intifada, was directed at the state. Many regarded military service during the Intifada as a most difficult experience, but with only a temporal imprint

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