For a long time, there has been a high level of tension in Israel. This is the result of two groups with different views and ideas populating the same region. The two groups are the Israelis and Palestinians. After decades of analyzing, experts still could not deny the basic reason why there has always been fighting amongst the Israelis and the Palestinians. That basic reason is that they simply hate each other and as a result, they like to kill each other. Through research, it has been revealed that the main issue has to do with what both groups call “homeland.” Both the Israelis and the Palestinians consider the land called Israel their homeland. As a result, the two groups have been fighting over the many years to which the land actually belongs.
Motivational perspective is one of the three ways to view intergroup relations. It states that people engage in prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination to raise positive feelings about themselves and their groups. Self-involvement plays a key role in motivational perspective. According to motivational perspective, if a person is an outsider (he is not part of one’s group), one will have strong feelings of prejudice, stereotype, and discrimination against the outsider.
Motivational perspective provides evidence to why the Israelis and the Palestinians fight. Both groups consider each other as an outsider. Because the other is an outsider, they feel prejudice, stereotype, and discrimination against the other. In other words, they simply hate each other.
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