Israeli-Palestinian Peace Movement

DONNA PERRY Associate Director of The Thomas S. Durant Fellowship for Refugee Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, USA.

"A lasting two-state peace between Israel and Palestine will not come from more top-down 'peace processes.' Desperately needed are efforts by both peoples together to transform a deeply entrenched culture of conflict into a popular culture of peace. Only such grassroots efforts can overcome the traumatization of both societies and oblige their leaders to make peace. This is the message in Donna Perry's fine book, documented by the words of Israeli and Palestinian participants. The transcendent moral courage, humanity and integrity of these former enemies offer hope that reconciliation and peace are possible." - Philip C. Wilcox, Jr., former U.S. consul general, Jerusalem and president, Foundation for Middle East Peace

• PART I: BACKGROUND Learning from the Peacemakers: A Research Inquiry PART II: PALESTINIAN CONTEXT: THEMES I-III Palestinian Awareness and Understanding of the Conflict Joining the Conflict: Palestinian Struggle against the Occupation Removing Oneself to the Peace PART III: ISRAELI CONTEXT THEMES I-III Israeli Awareness and Understanding of Conflict Joining the Conflict: Defending One's Country Removing Oneself to the Peace PART IV: THEMES IV-VII: A NEW CONTEXT OF WORKING TOGETHER The Path of Nonviolence through Combatants for Peace Challenges and Conviction Knowing Personhood of the Other Outcomes of Nonviolent Action Personal Growth PART V: DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS Evaluation of Research Process Combatants of Peace: Actualizing Peace Theory, Education and Research Discussion: A Transformative Paradigm for Peace