Eliminationist Fantasies

  • Eliminationist fantasies refer to the belief that one side must completely remove or destroy the other for peace to occur. In the context of West Asia, this idea is central to the hostility between Israel and Iran.
  • This mindset denies the possibility of coexistence and meaningful negotiations, as it focuses on the complete destruction of the opposing side rather than finding a peaceful resolution.
  • Historically, Iran's opposition to Israel’s existence, particularly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, has fuelled this eliminationist mentality, creating deep ideological divides between the two nations.
  • The failure to address the eliminationist fantasies on both sides, and the refusal to ....
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