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Levin compares the situation to
that of an abused child.
"Chronically abused children
tend to blame themselves," Levin
explains. ``The child doesn't want to
believe they are in a situation over
which they have no control. They
want to believe they have control,
and if only if they behave a certain
way everything will be OK."
But it's not only children. "Adults
want to avoid hopelessness, too','
he says. Being under siege creates
a "psychological corrosiveness"
where victims "embrace the indict-
ment" and "rationalize the Arab
assault': he says. This causes them
to blame themselves or other Jews
for the lack of acceptance of a
Jewish state.
He says this explained why
Israel's socialist founders blamed
the religious and bourgeoisie Jews
for bringing anti-Semitism onto
all Jews, believing that new Jews
would be accepted by their Arab
neighbors and end anti-Semitism.
Similarly, he says, many Jews on the
political left, even after the collapse
of Oslo and the election of Hamas,
believe that peace is possible if only
the Israeli hardliners didn't stand
in the way. He says their belief in a
Palestinian peace partner has more
to do with their own needs than a
rational analysis of the Palestinian
reality.
"The siege is not about to end':
Levin says, adding that religious
and ethnic minorities are mis-
treated throughout the Arab and
Muslim world and Jews should
not expect to be treated any better
than the others. While not denying
that keeping territory poses demo-
graphic challenges to the Jews of
Israel, hardships to the Palestinians
and plays into the Palestinian .
desire to stay connected to Israel
in the hopes of destroying it from
within, he says "security has to
override these real concerns." This,
together with "education, education,
education" can help Israel cope
with these difficult times that are
not about to end soon.
Bob Rollinger of West Bloomfield
found Levin's analysis convincing.
"There is a natural human
motivation to want others not just
to tolerate you but to actually like
you:' he says. "But we don't have an
awful lot of control, if at all, about
when there is going to be peace.
There are only 14 million of us and
there are 200 million of them." ❑

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