But to change cycles of violence we have to look to the underlying culture.
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I know that in the end violence only breeds more violence. These were-andremain-positiveideals.ButIsrael,againandagain,has hadtofightneighborspledged “topushtheJewsintothesea.”Every war,includingtheSixDayWar,wasawarofself-defense.Israeldid whatanyothernationwoulddoifitwereattacked,ifterroristswere killing its people in buses, schools, and homes. ThekibbutzmovementwasamovementinIsraeltowardpartnership, toward economic, social, and gender equality. The Holocaust led me to passionately work for the cultural shift from domination to partnershipworldwide,startingwiththefoundationalrelationsbetween women and men and parents and children, where people firstlearnrespectforhumanrightsortoaccepthumanrightsviolationsasnormalandmoral.
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My book The Chalice and the Blade cuts to the core of our problem- ,butthedifferencebetween domination systems and partnership systems.
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What happened during the Holocaust, what almost happened tome,profoundlyaffectednotonlymylifeandmyfeelingstoward Israel but my work as a cultural evolution theorist and activist. The British intercepted one and interned him in approved by the UN and was immediately attacked by an overwhelming army of its neighbors, she died fighting with the Haganah (whichlaterbecametheIsraelDefenseForces). There were only a handful of survivors, desperate to leave the continent that stoodbyandoftenactivelyparticipatedinthemurderoftheirparentsandsiblingsalongwithsixmillionotherJews. In 1946 I found out what happened to those in my family who weren’t as fortunate as my parents and I to escape from Europe- my beloved aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, whose survival I daily prayed for as a refugee in Cuba during the war. Horriblyimmoral,thisdoublestandardbringstheindifference oftheworldthatledtotheHolocaustroaringbacktomind. No matter how brutal their attacks on civilians, how openly they state their goal of destroying the Jewish state, or how blatantly they continue teachingtheirchildrenhatredofJews,totheLeft,it’salljustified. Yet when it comes to Palestinian violence and other Arab policies of confrontation, the Left rushes to their defense. Howdoyoudealwithcultureswhererulebythe“strong”-themale head of family, the tyrannical head of tribe or state, the cruel warrior -ishonored,andone-sidedconcessionsareseenasweakness? ThisischaracteristicoffundamentalistMuslimcultures italsoafflicts “Christian”fundamentalists,wholikewisebelieveinwomen’s subordinationand“holywars”-warsthattheLeftfiercelyopposes. This then is Israel’s dilemma-and the dilemma for the world. Research shows that when peoplebelievethatmen’s“honor”dependsonabsoluteand,if“necessary ,”violentcontroloverwomen,theyalsobelievetherecanonly be rulers and ruled, winners and losers, dominators and dominated -andthatviolenceontheirpartisholyandmoral. This to me is not the right question because it fails to take into accountthefactthat,unfortunately,mostofIsrael’senemiestendto viewgenerosityandcaringasweak,as“feminine,”andhenceaninvitation for domination on their part. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: