The siege syndrome: The Six Day War and Israeli cinema

This article examines the films produced in Israel after the Six Day War that relate to the war either directly or indirectly. It explores in particular the ways in which these films represented the notion of siege, the fear of a recurring Holocaust, in Israeli public discourse and reflected the rad...

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Published inThe journal of Israeli history Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 175 - 193
Main Author Ben-David, Benny
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.09.2009
Subjects
Fear
Holocaust
Israel
Israeli cinema
Israeli identity
Jews
National Identity
National Security
Radicalism
Six Day War
War
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Summary:This article examines the films produced in Israel after the Six Day War that relate to the war either directly or indirectly. It explores in particular the ways in which these films represented the notion of siege, the fear of a recurring Holocaust, in Israeli public discourse and reflected the radical changes in Jewish-Israeli identity after the war, from the euphoria of victory and discourse of national redemption and boundless territory to more sober and critical reflections on the results of that victory. It argues that the sense of siege, at first overcome in the films that employed the national-heroic model, reappeared in later films, with the realization that territorial expansion does not necessarily lead to greater security.
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ISSN:1353-1042
1744-0548
DOI:10.1080/13531040903169735