Middle East Studies
Excellence in Scholarship and Learning
Excellence in Scholarship and Learning
The Search for Israeli–Arab Peace
Learning from the Past and Building Trust
Edwin G. Corr, a former American diplomat and professor, is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Programs Center of the University of Oklahoma.
Joseph Ginat, a cultural-political anthropologist, is Vice President of International Relations and Research at Netanya Academic College.
Shaul Gabbay, a sociologist specializing in social networks, is the Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Israel in the Middle East (ISIME) at the University of Denver.
Distinguished academic and practitioner contributors
from the Middle East, Europe and the US present a range of social
science oriented options to get the peace process back on track.
Using the history of the last half century of talks and negotiations, and
contributor experience in negotiations, suggestions, proposals and
formulas are presented to the contending parties that would develop a greater
level of mutual empathy, understanding and trust that is required
to jump-start the stalled peace talks into sincere and serious
negotiations needed to achieve a comprehensive, lasting Middle East
peace accord.
The focus of this volume is on how to achieve an
agreement, not on the components of viable peace agreements, which
the editors believe largely exist and are the subject of a number
of earlier studies, books and the texts of draft accords reached
previously in government-to-government and in private-parties negotiations. The
editors and contributors assume a two-state solution based on ”land
for peace” and emphasize the importance of the role of outside
mediators, especially the United States. Throughout the arguments
presented, potential dialogue and agreement is overshadowed by the
increasingly violent and chaotic environment of the Middle East
that began worsening in 2001 with the second intifada and
the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.
Peace and a final agreement can only be reached through
Arabs and Israelis making tough decisions and compromises. Readers
will be intrigued, amused, encouraged and disappointed by accounts
of incidents that de-railed past talks, the innovative analyses
concerning past negotiations, and the potential for application
of social science knowledge to the building of trust needed for
attaining agreement.
| Hardback ISBN: | 978-1-84519-191-7 |
| Hardback Price: | £55.00 / $67.50 |
| Release Date: | September 2007 |
| Page Extent / Format: | 272 pp. / 229 x 152 mm |
| Illustrated: | No |
Foreword HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan
Preface David L. Boren, President of the University of Oklahoma
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: Landmarks on the Road to a Peace
Agreement
Edwin G. Corr
PART I: Promoting Understanding and
Building Trust
2 The Importance of Cross Culture Understanding in the Course
of Negotiations
Joseph Ginat and David Altman
3 The Israeli–Palestinian Wonder: Losing Trust
in Official Negotiations while Maintaining it on "Hard" Track
II Talks
Menachem Klein
4 Public Diplomacy in the Middle East: Big Mistake,
Huge Prices
Gadi Baltiansky
5 Listening as a Value: A Narrative Approach
to Building Trust
Maya Melzer-Geva
6 The Economic Dividends of Egypt and Jordan
from Peace Agreements with Israel
Gad G. Gilbar and Onn Winckler
7 Engineering Social Capital in the Middle East:
Rebuilding Trust
Shaul M. Gabbay
PART II: Learning and Making Use of the Past
"Cold Peace," Better than No Peace: The Egypt–Israel
Case
8 The Peace with Egypt: President Sadat's Visit Through 1977
Israeli Eyes
Shlomo Gazit
9 Normal Relations without Normalization: The
Evolution of Egyptian–Israeli Relations, 1979–2006 – the Politics
of Cold Peace
Elie Podeh
10 Israel–Egypt: What Went Wrong? Nothing
Shlomo Gazit
"Lukewarm Peace," Better than No Peace: The Jordan–Israel
Case
11 Jordan–Israel Relations: A "Lukewarm" Peace
Joseph Nevo
12 The Jordan–Israel Peace Process: How Can
We Rebuild Trust and Replace Despair and Division?
Rateb Mohammad Amro
13 What Went Wrong in the Middle East Peace
Process? The Jordanian–Israeli Relationship
Mohammad Al-Momani
No Peace Agreements: Israel–Syria and Israel–Lebanon
14 Creative Measures Needed for a Peace Accord
Between Israel and Syria
Uzi Arad
15 After the Lebanon War: Can Israel Build Trust
with Syria, Lebanon and Palestine?
Moshe Ma'oz
No Peace Agreement: Israel–Palestine
16 The Palestinian Public and What Has Gone
Wrong in Israel–Palestine Negotiations
Riad Malki
17 An Israeli–Palestinian Agreement: The Security
Aspects
Reuven Pedatzur
18 Did Anything Go Wrong?
Miguel A. Murado
19 A Leaking Reservoir of Trust in Israeli–Palestinian
Water Talks
Edwin G. Corr
20 Rebuilding Israeli–Palestinian Trust by Unilateral
Steps
Alon Ben Meir
PART III: The Mediators
21 The Changing Face of the Arab League
Cyrus Ali Contractor
22 The Quartet and US Government Roles in Israeli–Palestinian–Arab
Negotiations
Edwin G. Corr
23 Afterword
Joseph Ginat and Shaul M. Gabbay
The Contributors
Index
Academic and practicing political and other social scientists
suggest how Middle East states and outside mediating powers can
get the Middle East peace process back on track. They examine what
went wrong in the peace process that caused it to lose momentum
and deteriorate into an unending chain of violence and mistrust,
and how trust might be restored.
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It is with great hope and humility that I recommend this
thoughtful and dynamic work to anyone with an interest in building
peace in the Middle East. The Search for Israeli–Arab
Peace picks up the pieces of a shattered peace process and
offers hope for rebuilding a framework for dialogue in our fracturing
region. It is my belief that lasting peace in the Middle East can
only be achieved through a multilateral initiative that can show
home-grown, regional credentials. Our worsening situation can yet
be saved but only if the actors in this existential and ideological
conflict agree to move away from short-term, bilateral policy-making.
We must all become champions of foreign relations with equality
of treatment and the promise of a more inclusive future for all
… It is encouraging that politicians on all sides are increasingly
accepting the need for a multilateral approach to our problems.
This spirit must not only cross borders but also penetrate society
at the ‘Track 2’ level to engage with the region’s
free and creative political minds. The events of recent years have
proved that frustrating channels of civil expression can only lead
to empowerment of extremists and increased alienation of people
and government.
From the Foreword by El Hassan bin Talal
The Search for Israeli–Arab Peace embodies
the creative thought and research of distinguished academics and
practitioners on how Middle East states and outside mediating powers
can get the peace process back on track. It is in large part a response
to the increasingly violent and chaotic environment that began in
2001 with the second Intifada and the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.
The situation shows few signs of abatement and threatens to expand.
After the failed 1999–2000 Camp David Two Talks almost all
bridges of dialogue between Arabs and Israelis have collapsed and
the peace process has stagnated. The level of trust among actors
that had grown in the aftermath of the Camp David One Accords, Madrid
Conference, Oslo Accords, and Jordan–Israel peace agreement
has been greatly eroded. … This book’s
contributors examine what went wrong in the peace process which
caused it to deteriorate into an unending chain of violence and
mistrust. They study how trust might be sufficiently increased to
allow Palestinians and Israelis to reach a peace accord that might
open the way for Israeli peace agreements also with Syria and Lebanon,
and the achievement of normal relations with the rest of the Arab
world. The contributors focus upon lessons from the past which must
be understood if we are to make real and lasting progress.
From the Preface by David L. Boren, President of the University
of Oklahoma
One particular gem is Shlomo Gazit’s account of Sadat’s
1977 trip to Jerusalem. Gazit, who served as chief of Israeli military
intelligence at the time, recounts the confusion, political and
analytical differences, and Israeli policy improvisation that were
sparked by Egypt’s unexpected move – even reproducing
his own notes of key meetings. Historians of this period (and, indeed,
scholars of intelligence and foreign policymaking) will find his
account fascinating.
... A useful volume. An effective overview. Course instructors
will certainly note several chapters that can enhance undergraduate
reading lists on the Arab–Israeli conflict.
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