Spoiling and Coping with Spoilers

Ilan Danjoux is Affiliate Assistant Professor at the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies, Concordia University. He is author of Political Cartoons and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.Shira Dvir-Gvirsman is Senior Research Associate Lecturer of Communication at Tel Aviv University.Gilad Hirschberger is Associate Professor of Psychology at the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya. Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler is a Senior Lecturer in the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy, and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya.Galia Golan is Professor Emerita of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The most recent of her many publications is Israeli Peacemaking since 1967: Factors Behind the Breakthroughs and Failures. Golan is the recent recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award of the International Studies Association (ISA) for her work in peace research.Roee Kibrik is an Adjunct Lecturer at the International Department, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and the Director of Research of Mitvim: The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies.Maya Kornberg is Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University. Tamar Saguy is Associate Professor of Psychology at the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya. Ofira Seliktar is Professor Emerita of Political Science at Gratz College. Her latest book (with Farhad Rezaei) is Iran, Israel, and the United States: The Politics of Counter-Proliferation Intelligence.Tamir Sheafer is Professor of Political Science and Communication at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Shaul Shenhav is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of Analyzing Social Narratives.Gilead Sher was Senior Negotiator at the 2000 Camp David summit and the 2001 Taba talks and served as Prime Minister Barak's Chief of Staff. Sher leads the Center for Applied Negotiations (CAN) at the Tel Aviv Institute for National Security Studies (INSS). His books include The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Negotiations, 1999-2001: Within Reach and The Battle for Home.Deborah Shulman is a PhD student in Social Psychology at Friedrich Schiller University Jena and a member of the Psychology of Intergroup Conflict and Reconciliation lab at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya.Shlomy Zachary is an Israeli lawyer, representing domestic and international human rights and peace organizations, and works in the areas of International Law and International Humanitarian Law.

"Overall, Spoiling and Coping with Spoilers offers a refreshing approach to understanding the Israeli-Arab conflict and peace process. By examining the role of spoiling and spoilers, it engages the reader in questions about the potential for and challenges to peace in the region. . . . Highly recommended."—Choice

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Theoretical and Historical Contexts / Galia Golan1. Spoiling International Peace Negotiations from Within the Room / Gilead Sher and Deborah Shulman2. The Leadership as a Spoiler / Roee Kibrik and Maya Kornberg3. Israel's Domestic Legal Struggle Against the Settlements: Spoiler-advancing, Spoiler-hindering, or Spoiler-Exposing? / Shlomy Zachary4. The American Jewish Diaspora as a Spoiler / Ofira Seliktar5. Visual Spoilers? Peace and Conflict in Israeli Political Cartoons / Tamir Shaeffer, Ilan Danjoux, Shira Dabir-Gvirshman, and Shaul Shenhav6. The Psychological Effects of Forced Evacuation: The Case of Jewish Settlers in the West Bank / Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler, Tamar Saguy, and Gilad Hirschberger7. Coping with Spoilers: A Comparative Analysis / Galia GolanIndex