The Dark Side of Collective Memory: Israel's Politics of Victimisation in the Face of the Palestinian Issue

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 11 Sayı: Filistin Özel Sayısı, 537 - 556, 28.02.2025

İsa Abidoğlu

https://doi.org/10.31592/aeusbed.1570008

Öz

The article examines the shaping of the collective memory of the Israeli state and Jewish society and its impact on political and social processes. The article shows how Israeli narratives of victimization are used as a political tool and how these narratives are intertwined with Israel's national identity. Furthermore, the article discusses how collective memory in Israel is constructed through historical narratives and how these narratives are selected and shaped. It also discusses how Israel's politics of victimization affects non-Jewish communities, especially Palestinians, through non-conciliatory discourses and actions, such as policies of marginalization and denial. It argues that this politics reinforces Israel's national identity while suppressing Palestinian collective memory, and that this process of suppression serves to reinforce Israel's perception of victimization. In conclusion, the article provides a critical analysis of collective memory and the politics of victimization in order to understand the dynamics of Israeli-Palestinian relations and their political consequences. The article shows how Israeli narratives of victimization are manipulated and used for political purposes. This highlights the powerful influence of collective memory and the politics of victimization on international relations and political action. In summary, this article will examine the impact of historical events on social memory by analyzing certain periods of Jewish history in addition to theories of social memory in order to critically put forward how the perception of victimization that feeds Israel's denial policies creates an ideological framework in the construction of history and memory, and under which power dynamics this memory is shaped.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Israel-palestine issue, collective memory, cultural memory, marginalization, victimization.

Kolektif Hafızanın Karanlık Yüzü: İsrail’in Filistin Sorunu Karşısındaki Mağduriyet Siyaseti

Öz

İsrail'in kolektif hafızası Eski Ahid’te geçen “kutsal tarih” anlayışının öngördüğü sürgün ve soykırım deneyimine ve onun oluşturduğu mağduriyet algısı üzerine dayanır. Bu kolektif hafıza, Yahudi halkının bir araya gelmesini, ulusal kimliğin güçlenmesini ve İsrail devletinin meşruiyetini sağlamlaştırmasını desteklemiştir. Yahudi halkının Holokost sırasında yaşadığı soykırım ve tarih boyunca maruz kaldığı sürgünler, İsrail'in güvenlik politikalarını ve ulusal kimliğini şekillendirmektedir. Bu mağduriyet algısı, İsrail'in kendini sürekli tehdit altında hissetmesine ve sert güvenlik politikaları benimsemesine neden olmaktadır. Dolayısıyla bu makale İsrail devletinin ve Yahudi toplumunun kolektif hafızasının şekillenmesini ve bu hafızanın siyasi ve toplumsal süreçler üzerindeki etkisini inceler. Ayrıca, bu makale, İsrail'in mağduriyet siyasetinin, Yahudi olmayan toplulukları, özellikle Filistinlileri, marjinalleştirme ve inkâr politikaları gibi uzlaşı dışı söylem ve eylemler yoluyla nasıl etkilediğini tartışır. Yine bu makale sözü edilen siyasetin, İsrail'in ulusal kimliğini güçlendirdiğini, Filistinlilerin kolektif hafızasını bastırdığını ve bu bastırma sürecinin, İsrail'in mağduriyet algısını güçlendirmeye hizmet ettiğini belirtir. Dahası kolektif hafızanın ve mağduriyet siyasetinin, İsrail ve Filistin arasındaki ilişkilerdeki dinamikleri ve bunların siyasi sonuçlarını anlamak için kritik bir analiz sunması bu makalenin amaçlarındandır. İsrail'in mağduriyet anlatılarının nasıl manipüle edildiğini ve bu anlatıların nasıl siyasi amaçlar için kullanıldığını göstermek ve kolektif hafızanın ve mağduriyet siyasetinin, uluslararası ilişkiler ve siyasi eylemler üzerindeki güçlü etkisini vurgulamak yine bu makalenin yazılış amaçlarındandır. Özetle bu makalede İsrail’in inkâr politikalarını besleyen mağduriyet algısının tarih ve hafıza inşasında nasıl bir ideolojik çerçeve oluşturduğunu, bu hafızanın hangi güç dinamikleri altında şekillendiğini eleştirel bir şekilde ortaya koymak için toplumsal hafıza teorilerinin yanında Yahudi tarihinin belirli dönemlerini analiz ederek, tarihsel olayların toplumsal hafıza üzerindeki etkisi incelenmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

İsrail-filistin sorunu, kolektif hafıza, kültürel bellek, ötekileştirme, mağduriyet.

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