A fictional Palestinian Authority leader’s peace proposal won more acceptance by Israeli Jews when he was shown with a baby face, according to a new study by Hebrew University Associate Professor Dr. Ifat Moaz.
Prof. Maoz provided Jewish-Israeli respondents with a fictional news item containing a peace proposal and a fictional Palestinian leader's photograph. The photograph was manipulated to appear as either baby-faced or mature by making a 15 percent change in the size of eyes and lips.
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