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Claudia König This study analyzes how young Germans’ mental models of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict change during their voluntary service in Israel or Palestine. Thirty-three German volunteers answered a questionnaire on positioning, emotional ambivalence and emotional closeness before they left Germany. After a period of four months in Israel or Palestine they answered a second questionnaire. Although the study is not representative, it shows that nearly half of the participants changed their position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during their stay. Confirming the findings of prior research, the results indicate that emotional closeness to one or the other conflict party plays an important role in taking a stance on the conflict. Especially participants who developed a stronger emotional closeness to the Palestinians shifted towards a clearly pro-Palestinian position. |
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