Hill, Andrew and White, Andy
(2008).
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/10702890701801775 |
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Abstract
In the spring of 2002 Israeli flags began to appear in loyalist communities in Northern Ireland. The appearance of these flags was in one respect explained as a response to the increased prevalence of Palestinian flags in nationalist neighbourhoods. However, the appearance and continued display of the Israeli flag can be seen to extend beyond a "wholly relational" dynamic to encompass the connotations this flag has come to possess for those who fly it in regard to the contemporary political situation within Northern Ireland and events on the international stage in the context of the United States' post-September 11 "War on Terror." At the same time, the flying of the Israeli flag in Northern Ireland provides a graphic demonstration of the increased prevalence of political symbolism in the post-Troubles era and the way in which groups in Northern Ireland have sought to reference and draw upon similar conflict situations for their own agendas.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSN: | 1547-3384 |
| Keywords: | flags; Northern Ireland; Israeli; Palestinian; peace process; symbolism |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > History, Religious Studies, Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) |
| Item ID: | 17378 |
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| Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2009 15:40 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Oct 2016 10:25 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/17378 |
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