Reactive Devaluation of an “Israeli†vs. “Palestinian†Peace Proposal

Ifat Maoz, Andrew Ward, Michael Katz and Lee Ross
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Ifat Maoz: Department of Communication Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Andrew Ward: Department of Psychology Swarthmore College
Michael Katz: Faculty of Education Haifa University, Israel
Lee Ross: Department of Psychology Stanford University

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2002, vol. 46, issue 4, 515-546

Abstract: Three studies used the Palestinian-Israeli context to investigate the tendency for political antagonists to derogate each other's compromise proposals. In study 1, Israeli Jews evaluated an actual Israeli-authored peace plan less favorably when it was attributed to the Palestinians than when it was attributed to their own government. In study 2, both Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs similarly devalued a Palestinian plan when it was ascribed to the “other side.†Furthermore, both Arabs and Jewish “hawks†(but not Jewish “doves†) perceived a proposal attributed to the dovish Israeli government as relatively bad for their own people and good for their adversaries. Study 3 explored the role that differences in construal of proposal terms play in mediating “reactive devaluation.†These studies expand theoretical understanding of this devaluation phenomenon and the barrier it creates to the resolution of real-world conflicts.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1177/0022002702046004003

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