In Search of Israeli-Palestinian Peace

An Urgent Call for a New Approach to Middle East Peace
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-56536-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 3894 g

The fruit of relentless peace activism and many years of philanthropic work in the Middle East Peace Network, In Search of Israeli-Palestinian Peace is Shai Har-El's unique, non-utopian, proactive approach to Middle East peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Recognizing the magnitude, complexity, and gravity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the evidenced limitations of traditional diplomacy, the author offers ideas how to enhance the Middle East peace process by adding a non-governmental peacebuilding component to the peace efforts. Such citizen diplomacy efforts, he argues, should be launched at a preliminary conflict transformation phase leading up to the final conflict resolution phase. The ultimate objective of this preliminary phase is to create—through alternative avenues, such as private diplomacy initiatives, transnational mechanisms, and backchannels—a win-win environment that is conducive to settling the conflict. This book details the concepts, measures, and techniques involved in the process with the understanding that the keystone for peace is the defiant power of the human spirit in both societies that are hungry for peace.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Har-El, Shai

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: Creating a New Paradigm
1. A New Vision of Peace in the Middle East
2. Middle East Peace: Shifting the Mindset
3. The Prisoner Swap Teaches Us a Lesson
4. Where There Is a Vision, the People Flourish
5. Maybe the Conflict Will Go Away?
6. Traditional Diplomacy in the Middle East Has Run Its Course
7. Do Israelis and Palestinians Have the Right Leadership for Peace?Visioning Peace: The Power of Imagination
8. Failure to Communicate: The Middle East ConundrumDiagnosing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
9. Israelis and Palestinians: "Keep the Hope for Peace Alive!"
Part Two: Finding Creative Solutions
10. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Tales from the Past – Lessons for the Future
11. Straight Talk to Israelis and Palestinians
12. The Orchard: Another Story with Morals for Israelis and Palestinians
13. A Trilateral Confederation: Israel, Jordan and Palestine
14. Peacebuilding – A Key Component in the Peace Process
15. Unofficial Track Two Diplomacy: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
16. A Real Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan
17. U.S. Secretary Kerry's One More Mideast Peace Mission
18. Reframing and Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
19. A Time for Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation
Part Three: Building Bridges of Jewish-Muslim Understanding
20. Jewish-Muslim Understanding: A Matter of Education
21. An Open Letter to My Muslim Friends
22. The Legacy of Abraham Goes Unpracticed
23. Follow the Footsteps of Abraham
24. Religion and Islamist Violence: A Different Take
25. Follow the Muslim Women of Benghazi
26. Killing: A Forgotten Scriptural Lesson
27. An Open Letter to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi
28. Jews and Muslims Can Build a Common Ground
29. Killing Children in Israeli-Palestinian Violence: The Forgotten Moral Lesson
30. How Can Jerusalem Become the City of Peace?
Part Four: Becoming a Peacemaker
31. Middle East Unrest: Challenges and Opportunities
32. Stop the Insanity of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
33. When We Expand the Vocabulary of Peace We Expand the Possibilities of Peace
34. Service is the Highest Form of Patriotism
35. Become a Peace Ambassador
36. A Story of Bereaved Mother
37. What Makes a True Peace Leader?
38. A Visit to Jerusalem
39. Invitation for Action: Spread the Light of Peace
Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Shai Har-El is a historian, educator, writer, poet, rabbi, philanthropist, and businessman. He spent his formative childhood and young adulthood in Israel and served in the Israeli army, both in active duty (1964-66) and army service (1969-71). He participated in the Six Day War (1967) and the Yom Kippur War (1973). In the last twenty-five years (1990-present), he has been active in building bridges of understanding and reconciliation across the Arab-Israeli and Jewish-Muslim conflict divides. He is the author of Struggle for Domination in the Middle East and Where Islam and Judaism Join Together.