The Role of Trust in Conflict Resolution

1. Front Matter

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2. Theoretical Aspects: Trust in Conflict Resolution

   1. Front Matter

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   2. The Philosophy of Trust

      • Joseph Agassi

      Pages 3-14

   3. Two Theoretical Approaches to Trust; Their Implications for the Resolution of Intergroup Conflict

      • Piotr Sztompka

      Pages 15-21

   4. Effects of Expectations, Type of Relationship, and Prior Injustice on Trust Honoring: A Strategic-Experimental Approach

      • Ramzi Suleiman

      Pages 23-37

3. The Comparative Aspect: How was Trust been Reached in Other Conflicts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. Lessons Learned on Trust Building in Northern Ireland

      • Mari Fitzduff

      Pages 41-58

   3. Determinants of Post-conflict Trust: The Role of Ethnic Identity, Personal and Collective Victimization and Intergroup Emotions

      • Dinka Corkalo Biruski

      Pages 59-80

4. The Cultural-Religious Aspect: Trust in Islam and Judaism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Some Comments on Language as a Barrier for Trust in Arabic-Speaking Islam

      • Ilai Alon

      Pages 83-115

   3. Usual Suspects: On Trust, Doubt, and Ethnicity in the Mishnah

      • Ishay Rosen-Zvi

      Pages 117-127

5. Trust in the Israeli - Palestinian Conflict

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129

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   2. Trust and Mistrust in Israeli Peace-Making

      • Galia Golan

      Pages 131-147

   3. The Role of Trust in the Resolution of the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict

      • Ephraim Yuchtman-Yaar, Yasmin Alkalay

      Pages 149-167

   4. Trust and Negotiations: Israel and the Palestinians, 2009–2015

      • Yohanan Tzoreff

      Pages 169-195

   5. Lay Psychology of Trust/Distrust and Beyond in the Context of an Intractable Conflict: The Case of Israeli Jews

      • Daniel Bar-Tal, Amiram Raviv, Paz Shapira, Dennis T. Kahn

      Pages 197-213

   6. Trust, Ethics, and Intentionality in Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation

      • Amal Jamal

      Pages 215-239

   7. Lack of Trust as a Barrier to Reconciliation in the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict: Attitudes of Israeli (Jewish) Elite Members Toward Reconciliation with the Palestinians

      • Yehudith Auerbach

      Pages 241-257

   8. Historical Narratives and the Issue of Trust

      • Asher Susser

      Pages 259-269

   9. Trust and Confidence Building in the Israeli–Palestinian Peace Negotiations

      • Walid Salem

      Pages 271-282

Built on the premise that trust is one of the most important factors in intergroup relations, conflict management and resolution at large, this volume explores trust and its mechanisms and operations especially in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Significantly, this volume focuses not only on the nature of trust and distrust in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but it also explores how it is possible to build and increase trust on both sides in the conflict, a necessity in order to advance the stalled peace process.  


As trust is a concept that is interdisciplinary by nature, so are this volume’s contributors: sociologists, philosophers, sociologists, social psychologists, political scientists, as well as experts in the Middle East, Islam, Judaism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict bring together real multidisciplinary perspectives that complement each other and then provide a comprehensive picture about the nature of trust and distrust and its ramification and implications for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  Divided into five thematic parts, the volume begins with by examining the theoretical basis of trust research from multiple perspectives. Then, it presents chapters on trust, distrust, and trust-building in other conflicts around the world. The third part is a unique feature of this volume as it takes a contextual approach: it emphasizes the importance of particular cultural and religious considerations on both sides of the conflict. The thrust of the book is examined in the next section. Part IV discusses and analyses various aspects of trust, and specifically distrust, in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Significantly, the chapters of this part take the perspectives of the participants in the conflict: Israeli Jews, Palestinians and Israeli Arabs. 


Finally, the volume concludes by providing an integrative conceptual perspective based on the principles of social andpolitical psychology.  An important goal of this volume is to not only explore trust and distrust in an intractable conflict, but also to provide practical multi-disciplinary  outlooks and implications to advance trust building in two conflict ridden societies—Israeli and Palestinian, and other societies around the world. 

• Philosophy of Trust
• Trust in International Relations
• Trust and Faith in Judaism
• Historical Narratives and Trust
• Israeli-Arabs
• Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
• Northern Ireland Conflict
• Intergroup Relations
• trust building in conflict
• linguistic basis of conflict
• ethnic identity and conflict resolution
• Hebrew and Arabic translations
• lay psychology of trust
• psychology and intractable conflict
• intergroup relations

• Department of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

  Ilai Alon

• School of Education, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

  Daniel Bar-Tal

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.

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