Role of Trust in Conflict Resolution

Dr. Ilai Alon is a retired associate professor at Tel Aviv University's departmet of philosophy. Education at the Hebrew University and Oxford University, Wolfosn College (1968-1970.) The major topics – (1) Arabic language and literature; (2) Philosophy. He served as a visiting researcher at Stanford University, and as a visiting professor at Princeton, Harvard, Lehigh (Pennsylvania,) Carlton (Ottawa.) Dr. Daniel Bar-Tal is Branco Weiss Professor of Research in Child Development and Education at the School of Education, Tel Aviv University. His research interest is in political and social psychology studying socio-psychological foundations of intractable conflicts and peace building, as well as development of political understanding among children and peace education.

• Trust and Distrust: Introduction Alon, Ilai and Bar-Tal, Daniel  Part I – Theoretical Aspects: Trust in Conflict Resolution1.    The Philosophy of TrustAgassi, Joseph  2.      Two Theoretical Approaches to Trust - Their Implications for the Resolution of Intergroup ConflictSztompka, Piotr 3.      Effects of Expectations, Type of Relationship and Prior Injustice on Trust Honoring: A Strategic-Experimental ApproachSuleiman, Ramzi   Part II - the Comparative Aspect: How was Trust been reached in other Conflicts.4.      Lessons learned on Trust Building in Northern IrelandFitzduff, Mari  5.      Determinants of Post-Conflict Trust: The Role of Ethnic Identity, Personal and Collective Victimization and Intergroup EmotionsCorkalo Biruski, Dinka  Part III – the Cultural-Religious Aspect: Trust in   Islam and Judaism6.      Some Comments on Language as A Barrier to Trust in Arabic-Speaking IslamAlon, Ilai 7.      Usual Suspects: On Trust, Doubt and Ethnicity in the MishnahRosen-Zvi, Ishay  Part IV – Trust in the Israeli – Palestinian Conflict8.      Trust and Mistrust in Israeli Peace-MakingGolan, Galia 9.      The Role of Trust in the Arab-Israeli ConflictYuchtman-Yaar, Ephraim 10.  Trust and Negotiations: Israel and the Palestinians, 2009-2016Tzoreff, Yohanan 11.  Lay Psychology of Trust/Distrust and beyond in the Context of an Intractable Conflict: the Case of Israeli JewsBar-Tal, Daniel; Amiram Raviv, Paz Shapira, and Dennis Kahn12.   Lack of Trust as a Barrier to Reconciliation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Attitudes of Israeli (Jewish) Elite Members toward Reconciliation with the PalestiniansAuerbach, Yehudith  13.  Historical Narratives and the Issue of TrustSusser, Asher  14.  Trust and Confidence Building in the Israeli Palestinian Peace NegotiationsSalem, Walid 15.  Trust, Ethics andIntentionality in Conflict Transformation and ReconciliationJamal, Amal  16.   Distrust and Discord on the Israeli-Arab Conflict between Arabs and Jews in IsraelSmooha, Sammy  Part V – Lessons and ConclusionsSocio-Psychological Approach to Trust (or Distrust): Concluding Comments Bar-Tal, Daniel and Alon, Ilai