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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457296503321

Autore

Amir Ruth

Titolo

Who is afraid of historical redress? [[electronic resource] ] : the Israeli victim-perpetrator dichotomy / / Ruth Amir

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Academic Studies Press, 2012

ISBN

1-61811-076-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

Israel: society, culture, and history

Disciplina

320.95694

Soggetti

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Reparations

World War, 1939-1945 - Reparations

Reparations for historical injustices

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Repairing Historical Injustices -- 2. The Holocaust Reparations: A Template? -- 3. The Yemeni Babies Affair -- 4. The Tinea Capitis Affair -- 5. Iqrit and Bir'im -- 6. Back to the Future -- 7. Who Is Afraid of Historical Redress? -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

With the Holocaust resonating as the "thick background," historical redress processes in Israel render a particularly challenging case. The simultaneous concern the Jewish community has with past, present and future redress campaigns, as both victim and perpetrator, is unique. Who is Afraid of Historical Redress analyzes three cases of historical redress in Israel: the Yemeni children affair, the tinea capitis irradiations and the claims for the return of native land of the two Christian Palestinian villages of Iqrit and Bir'em. All three cases were redressed under the juridical edifice of legal thought and action. The outcomes suggest that these processes were insufficient for achieving closure by the victims, atonement by those responsible and reconciliation among social groups.