> During one experiment, Ross took Israeli created peace proposals, labeled them as Arab proposals, and showed them to Israelis. > > “The Israelis liked the Palestinian proposal attributed to Israel more than they liked the Israeli proposal attributed to the Palestinians,” Ross said. “If your own proposal isn’t going to be attractive to you when it comes from the other side, what chance is there that the other side’s proposal is going to be attractive when it comes from the other side?” > > So even though the Israelis understand that Palestinians see the world a certain way because they’re Palestinian, they believe being Israeli is central to understanding the issue, and that being a Palestinian blinds you to reality. (The case also holds true vice versa.) --- Source: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/peace-in-the-middle-east-may-be-impossible