Socio-psychological foundations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Applying Daniel Bar-Tal’s theorizing Keren Sharvit
Part 1: Acquisition of the Socio-Psychological Repertoire
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Stereotypes and prejudice in conflict: A developmental perspective Yona Teichman
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Young children’s experiences and learning in intractable conflicts Meytal Nasie
Part 2: Collective Memory and Narratives
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The Israeli collective memory of the Israeli-Arab/Palestinian conflict: Its characteristics and relation to the conflict Rafi Nets-Zehngut
5. The “silenced” narrative of 1948 War events among young Palestinians i
n Israel Eman Nahhas
6. Perceptions of collective narratives among Arab and Jewish adolescents in Israel: A decade of intractable conflict Anan Srour, Adi Mana and Shifra Sagy
Part 3: Societal Beliefs and Ethos
7. “Seeing through a glass darkly”: Israeli and Egyptian images of the other
during the Nasserite period (1952-1970) Elie Podeh
8. The Jewish- Israeli ethos of conflict Neta Oren
9. Ethos of conflict of the Palestinian society Ronni Shaked
Part 4: Distress, emotions and ideology
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Harmed by our protection: Exposure to political violence and political preferences in the range of fire Daphna Canetti
11. Emotions and emotion regulation in intractable conflict and their relation to the ethos of conflict in Israeli society Ruthie Pliskin and Eran Halperin
Part 5: The role of education
12. When Jewish and Zionist identities encounter otherness: Educational case study Ohad D
avid
13. Peace education between theory and practice: The Israeli case Soli Vered
Part 6: Prospects for change?
14. Containing the duality: Leadership in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process Nimrod Rosler
15. The role of peace organizations during peacemaking processes: the case of the Jewish Israeli society Tamir Magal
16. The road to peace? The potential of structured encounters between Israeli Jews and Palestinians in promoting peace Ifat Maoz and Yiftach Ron
17. Addressing Israelis' and Palestinians' basic needs for agency and positive moral identity facilitates mutual prosociality Ilanit SimanTov-Nachlieli and Nurit Shnabel
Transitional justice in societies emerging from intractable conflicts: Between the right to truth and collective memory Ofer Shinar Levanon
Due to its intensity and extensive effects both locally and globally, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has drawn the attention of scholars from numerous disciplines, who attempt to explain the causes of the conflict and the reasons for the difficulties in resolving it. Among these one can find historians, geographers, political scientists, sociologists and others. This volume explores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a social psychology perspective. At the core of the book is a theory of intractable conflicts, as developed by Daniel Bar-Tal of Tel Aviv University, applied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Opening with an introduction to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict situation and a few chapters on the theoretical backgrounds of the creation of a societal ethos of conflict, the volume then moves to an analysis of the psycho-social underpinnings of the conflict, while concluding with a discussion of the possibility of long-standing peace in the region. Among the topics included in the coverage are:
. Identity formation during conflict
· The Israeli and Palestinian ethos of conflict
· The important role of Palestinian and Israeli education
· An analysis of the leadership in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
· The challenges and potential towards a road to peace in the region
All contributors to the volume are pre-eminent scholars of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and many of them have felt the influence of Bar-Tal’s formulations in their own work. A rich resource for those who are followers of Dr. Bar-Tal's work, for those who study intractable conflicts in all its forms, and for those who have a particular interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, A Social Psychology Perspective of the Israeli-Palestinian Case offers a detailed exploration of the psychological underpinnings of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the barriers to and opportunities of the peace process.