Israeli Jews should go back to Europe. What do the psychoanalysts say?
The notion that Jews are intruders is arguably classic anti-Semitism in that it can be traced back psychoanalytically to the child's relationship with the father vis-a-vis the mother. That is, the view that Jews are intruders is Oedipal in nature.
Keep in mind that 55-60% of Israeli Jews are not European; they are Middle Eastern in origin. They came to Israel not because of European Zionism but because they got kicked out of Arab countries after 1948. I love when people refer to Israelis as "Zionists." Most Jews in Israel are not descended from Zionists!!
Keep in mind that 55-60% of Israeli Jews are not European; they are Middle Eastern in origin. They came to Israel not because of European Zionism but because they got kicked out of Arab countries after 1948. I love when people refer to Israelis as "Zionists." Most Jews in Israel are not descended from Zionists!!
--Bela Grunberger, "The Anti-Semite and the Oedipal Conflict." (1964)
