Transforming the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Herbert C. Kelman is Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus, at Harvard University, USA. His major publications include International Behavior (editor; 1965), A Time to Speak (1968), and Crimes of Obedience (with V. Lee Hamilton; 1989). He is Honorary President of the Herbert C. Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation, based in Austria.Philip Mattar is the editor of the Encyclopedia of the Palestinians and of the Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. He is author of The Mufti of Jerusalem. He has been a Fulbright Scholar, a Fellow at The Woodrow Wilson Center, and a Senior Fellow at the US Institute for Peace. He was a founder of the Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) and director of the Institute for Palestine Studies in Washington, D.C. Neil Caplan taught at Vanier College and at McGill, Concordia and Queens Universities in Canada until his retirement in 2008. His publications include Palestine Jewry and the Arab Question, 1917-1925, Futile Diplomacy, 1913-1956 (4 vols.¬), The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories, and (with Laura Eisenberg) Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: Patterns, Problems, Possibilities.

'The book will especially be appreciated by students who wish to improve their understanding of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and, in a larger sense, of the socio-psychological foundations of prolonged international struggles. Researchers specializing in other international conflicts will also benefit from the light it shines on issues ranging from self-determination to track two (backchannel) diplomacy. Those already savvy in the subject will not miss the tight connection between Kelman’s articles and the evolving events of the conflict. From his post-1973 Yom Kippur/October War articles to his pre-Second Intifada insights, Kelman writes on contemporary issues without forsaking his bird’s-eye view as a social and political psychologist.'--Oded Adomi Leshem, Israel Studies Review, 33.3

• Editors’ Introduction Philip Mattar and Neil Caplan Section 1 The Road to Mutual Recognition 1. Israelis and Palestinians: Psychological Prerequisites for Mutual Acceptance (1978) 2. Creating the Conditions for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations (1982) 3. Talk with Arafat (1982) 4. The Political Psychology of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: How Can We Overcome the Barriers To a Negotiated Solution? (1987) 5. The Palestinianization of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (1988) Section 2 The Opening of Negotiations and the Oslo Process 6. Acknowledging the Other’s Nationhood: How to Create a Momentum for the Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations (1992) 7. Contributions of an Unofficial Conflict Resolution Effort to the Israeli-Palestinian Breakthrough (1995) 8. Some Determinants of the Oslo Breakthrough (1997) 9. Building A Sustainable Peace: The Limits of Pragmatism in the Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations (1998) 10. The Interdependence of Israeli and Palestinian National Identities: The Role of the Other in Existential Conflicts (1999) Section 3 The Breakdown of Negotiations and Efforts to Revive Them 11. Israeli-Palestinian Peace: Inching Toward and Looking Beyond Negotiations (2007) 12. Palestinian Refugees (2010)with Lenore Martin 13. A One-Country / Two-State Solution To the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2011) 14. Constructing a Narrative of Reconciliation: A Personal Plea for Transformation of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict