CU Conflict Alum Roi-Ben-Yehuda Writes About Complexity, Social Media and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Is social media the place where complexity about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict goes to die?

It’s a paradox of sorts that over time, as protracted conflicts become objectively more complex – as more actors and issues become involved – they are experienced in an ever-simplified manner. Identities are polarized between righteous victims (us) and evil perpetrators (them). Conflict narratives become less tolerant of nuance and contradiction. And social networks increasingly become ideologically homogenous…