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Why states sometimes risk their material interests and even physical security to keep a certain identity narrative going? Think of Israel’s continued occupation of the West Bank, which generates not only constant low-intensity threats to Israeli citizens but also existential threats to the state of Israel through a constant recurrence of wars and delegitimising campaigns.
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Ejdus, F. (2020). Introduction. In: Crisis and Ontological Insecurity . Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20667-3_1
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