Beyond Bullets and Bombs: Grassroots Peacebuilding between Israelis and Palestinians

✍ Scribed by Judy Kuriansky

• Publisher: Praeger
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 409
• Series: Contemporary Psychology
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In the midst of ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, civil war, and political discord, courageous civilians from both sides are working together toward mutual understanding and peace. In 40 captivating chapters, experts tell intriguing personal stories, interwoven with psychosocial models and principles, describing how people living in hostile cultures can establish harmony. We come to know established programs like Seeds of Peace and Search for Common Ground, as well as lesser-heralded, yet valiant efforts by children and adults of the region. This hope-filled work will be of interest to everyone who cares about peace, as well as to professionals and students in the social sciences, psychology, international relations, public policy, human rights, and cross-cultural studies.

In the midst of ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, civil war, and political discord, courageous civilians from both sides are working together toward mutual understanding and peace. Israeli Jews and Arabs, and Palestinian Muslims and Christians, young and old, men and women, are cooperating in grassroots people-to-people projects, developing educational programs and creating activities to bridge their differences. Beyond Bullets and Bombs showcases such impressive and important projects that deserve more support and world attention. In 40 captivating chapters, experts tell intriguing personal stories interwoven with psychosocial models and principles proving how people living in hostile cultures can establish peace.

This collection is the perfect companion to Kuriansky's earlier book, Terror in the Holy Land: Inside the Anguish of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict , an unprecedented work that presents more than 30 chapters written by Israelis, Palestinians, and psychological experts on the underpinnings and effects of the conflict. In the volume at hand, we come to know established programs like Seeds of Peace and Search for Common Ground, as well as lesser-heralded, yet valiant efforts by children and adults of the region working together for peace. Both volumes will be of interest to everyone who cares about peace, as well as to professionals and students in the social sciences, psychology, international relations, public policy, human rights, and cross-cultural studies.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS......Page 8
Foreword by Chris E. Stout......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Introduction: A Professional and Personal Odyssey for Peace by Judy Kuriansky......Page 18
PART I THE “NEVER-ENDING” CONFLICT: IS COOPERATION POSSIBLE?......Page 28
chapter 1 The Intractable Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Possible Pathways to Peace......Page 30
chapter 2 Holding Two Worlds at the Same Time......Page 42
chapter 3 The Peacebuilder’s Paradox and the Dynamics of Dialogue: A Psychosocial Portrait of Israeli-Palestinian Encounters......Page 46
chapter 4 Sensitive Subjects and Ideological Differences Affecting Civil Society Collaboration between Palestinian and Israeli People......Page 60
chapter 5 Can Talking to Each Other Really Make a Difference? Perspectives on Reconciliation-Aimed Dialogues in the Conflict between Israeli-Jews and Palestinians......Page 64
chapter 6 Coming Together: Theory and Practice of Intergroup Encounters for Palestinians, Arab-Israelis, and Jewish-Israelis......Page 76
chapter 7 Recreating the Golden Age: Quest to Unravel the Gordian Knot......Page 86
chapter 8 Dancing Tango during Peacebuilding: Palestinian-Israeli People-to-People Programs for Conflict Resolution......Page 96
chapter 9 Greenprints for Peacebuilding between Palestinians and Israelis......Page 108
PART II GROWING, GRIEVING, AND TALKING TOGETHER......Page 120
chapter 10 Grieving but Growing: Palestinians and Israelis in the Parents Circle-Families Forum......Page 122
chapter 11 Compassionate Listening with Israelis and Palestinians......Page 132
chapter 12 Beacon for Peace in the Promised Land: Transforming Palestinian-Israeli Relationships with Nonviolent Communication......Page 138
chapter 13 Food for Thoughts of Peace: Jews and Palestinians Sharing Dialogue and Dinner......Page 146
chapter 14 Beginning the Dialogue in Faith......Page 156
chapter 15 Believe It Can Happen: The Interfaith Encounter Approach to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict......Page 158
chapter 16 Dialogue in the Midst of an Ongoing Conflict: A Group Process of Israeli Jewish and Palestinian Students......Page 166
chapter 17 Opening a Little Space—and a Little Breathing Room—for Peace......Page 178
PART III THE ARTS AND HEROES IN BUILDING PEACE......Page 182
chapter 18 Young Leaders on the Front Lines for Palestinian-Israeli Peace......Page 184
chapter 19 Just Vision: In Search of Israeli and Palestinian Morning-After Leadership......Page 194
chapter 20 Coming Soon to a Theater Near You: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict at the Movies......Page 198
chapter 21 Salaam Shalom: Singing for Peace between Palestinians and Israelis......Page 204
chapter 22 Kites Fly for Peace: Staging Palestinian-Israeli Peace......Page 210
chapter 23 Alice in the Holy Land: Dramatic Discoveries of Araband Jewish Youth in Peace Child Israel......Page 218
chapter 24 Coping with Crisis: Seeds of Peace and the Intifada......Page 224
chapter 25 Samen in Zee: Israelis and Palestinians in the Same Boat Camp......Page 238
chapter 26 Children March for Peace......Page 250
chapter 27 Cooking, Climbing, Camping, and Other Creative Cooperations between Palestinians and Jews: Successes and Challenges......Page 254
PART IV EFFORTS IN EDUCATION, MEDIA, AND MENTAL HEALTH......Page 270
chapter 28 Booking Peace for Pupils: The PRIME Peace Education Project for Israeli and Palestinian Youth......Page 272
chapter 29 Teen Talk: A Hope for Peace between the Palestinians and Israelis......Page 280
chapter 30 Hand in Hand: A Revolutionary Education Model for Israeli Arab and Jewish Children......Page 288
chapter 31 No “Mission Impossible”: Teaching Israeli and Palestinian Teens Peace......Page 294
chapter 32 School for Peace: Between Hard Reality and the Jewish-Palestinian Encounters......Page 304
chapter 33 The Peace Candle and Beyond: Women as Partners in Innovative Projects for Peace in the Middle East......Page 314
chapter 34 From the Trauma Vortex to the Healing Vortex: A New Paradigm for Healing the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis......Page 320
chapter 35 Palestinian-Israeli Cooperation on Mental Health Training: Gaza Community Mental Health Program and Tel Aviv University, 1993–2007......Page 334
chapter 36 Healing after a Terror Event on Campus in Israel: Unique Workshops and Allied Techniques for International Jewish, and Arab Students, Staff, and Extended Community......Page 342
chapter 37 Media and Search for Common Ground in the Middle East......Page 354
chapter 38 A Different Future: Raising the Voice of the Moderates in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict......Page 364
chapter 39 Training Peacemakers for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Resolution......Page 368
chapter 40 Prizes for Peace: Winning Cooperative Projects between Israelis and Palestinians......Page 376
Afterword by Judy Kuriansky......Page 382
Index......Page 386
About the Editor......Page 396
About the Contributors......Page 400