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Abstract: The article outlines aspects of psychoanalytic and group analytic thinking about conflict between large groups in relation to the tragic and violent Israel/Palestine impasse and to large‐group dynamics involving Western onlookers, including the writer. As a Western observer, I declare my bias by describing the origin of my interest in the situation in Israel. Aspects of Palestinian and Israeli political culture that block the path to peace are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Haunting Legacies: Violent Histories and Transgenerational Trauma," by Gabriele Schwab.

The article reviews the book "The Third Reich in the Unconscious: Transgenerational Transmission and Its Consequences," by Vamik D. Volkan, Gabriele Ast and William F. Greer.

This paper offers a controversial discussion between Paul Solomon and Sheri Oz on the former's article, titled "Israel/Palestine: Roadblocks to Negotiation". The authors examine the political, social and psychological factors preventing peace between Palestinians and Israelis, and discuss how psychoanalytic and group analytic thinking can help us understand the persistence of the Israel‐Palestine conflict and conceive new ways to resolve it. After a brief introduction by the editor of this Section, which places the discussion in context and outlines its main themes and the authors' standpoints, Oz acknowledges her own personal biases and focuses on what she describes as "data" and "facts" in criticising the references, foundations, assertions and proposals of Solomon's article. Solomon replies by emphasising Oz's rightwing political stance, and the way it influences how she frames, interprets and considers facts. The disagreement between Oz and Solomon reveals contradictions between the right‐wing and the left‐wing Israeli accounts of the Israel‐Palestine conflict, between the focus on "facts" and the emphasis on frames, representations and narratives, and between pessimism and optimism regarding the role of society and the utility of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in achieving peace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]