Understanding the Spread of Malignant Conflict : A Dynamical Systems Perspective

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  • Naira Musallam
  • Peter T. Coleman
  • Andrzej Nowak
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Understanding the Spread of Malignant Conflict: A Dynamical Systems Perspective Naira Musallam, Peter T. Coleman, and Andrzej Nowak “The other day I was taking a walk across the shore of Jaffa [a Palestinian town prior to 1948] and I was looking at the houses that now have been converted into these galleries [...] They are very nice houses with traditional Arabic Architecture, but I got so upset just looking at them. For someone who did not grow up in the conflict, they are just houses. For me, it is not just a house, it is a house that used to belong to my relatives who, by the way, today live in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. I look at the house and it brings up all the history, the injustice, and the emotions. By that time, I can’t even stand seeing the face of any Israeli passing by me. It doesn’t matter who” (anonymous Palestinian, 2007).

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تاریخ انتشار 2009