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Coping with Complex Identities in the Midst of War

Palestinian Arab and Jewish Israelis University Students in a Conflict Resolution Course

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The Contested Role of Education in Conflict and Fragility

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The aim of this chapter is to analyze how Israeli Arab and Jewish students who study in a conflict resolution course at university coped with their divergent and emotional reactions and complicated experiences, identities and competing loyalties during the Gaza war of 2008–9. Through an analysis of this specific case study, this chapter aims to shed light on the complex phenomenon of human interactions during a period of heightened tension.

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  1. School of Education, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    Zehavit Gross

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  1. Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    Zehavit Gross

  2. University of Birmingham, UK

    Lynn Davies

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Gross, Z. (2015). Coping with Complex Identities in the Midst of War. In: Gross, Z., Davies, L. (eds) The Contested Role of Education in Conflict and Fragility. The World Council of Comparative Education Societies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-010-9_10

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