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Summary

The fruit of relentless peace activism and many years of philanthropic work in the Middle East Peace Network, In Search of Israeli-Palestinian Peace is Shai Har-El's unique, non-utopian, proactive approach to Middle East peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Recognizing the magnitude, complexity, and gravity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the evidenced limitations of traditional diplomacy, the author offers ideas how to enhance the Middle East peace process by adding a non-governmental peacebuilding component to the peace efforts. Such citizen diplomacy efforts, he argues, should be launched at a preliminary conflict transformation phase leading up to the final conflict resolution phase. The ultimate objective of this preliminary phase is to create—through alternative avenues, such as private diplomacy initiatives, transnational mechanisms, and backchannels—a win-win environment that is conducive to settling the conflict. This book details the concepts, measures, and techniques involved in the process with the understanding that the keystone for peace is the defiant power of the human spirit in both societies that are hungry for peace.

Author Biography

Shai Har-El is a historian, educator, writer, poet, rabbi, philanthropist, and businessman. He spent his formative childhood and young adulthood in Israel and served in the Israeli army, both in active duty (1964-66) and army service (1969-71). He participated in the Six Day War (1967) and the Yom Kippur War (1973). In the last twenty four years (1990-present), he has been active in building bridges of understanding and reconciliation across the Arab-Israeli and Jewish-Muslim conflict divides.

Part One: Creating a New Paradigm

1. A New Vision of Peace in the Middle East

2. Middle East Peace: Shifting the Mindset

3. The Prisoner Swap Teaches Us a Lesson

4. Where There Is a Vision, the People Flourish

5. Maybe the Conflict Will Go Away?

6. Traditional Diplomacy in the Middle East Has Run Its Course

7. Do Israelis and Palestinians Have the Right Leadership for Peace?Visioning Peace: The Power of Imagination

8. Failure to Communicate: The Middle East ConundrumDiagnosing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

9. Israelis and Palestinians: "Keep the Hope for Peace Alive!"

Part Two: Finding Creative Solutions

10. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Tales from the Past – Lessons for the Future

11. Straight Talk to Israelis and Palestinians

12. The Orchard: Another Story with Morals for Israelis and Palestinians

13. A Trilateral Confederation: Israel, Jordan and Palestine

14. Peacebuilding – A Key Component in the Peace Process

15. Unofficial Track Two Diplomacy: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

16. A Real Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan

17. U.S. Secretary Kerry's One More Mideast Peace Mission

18. Reframing and Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

19. A Time for Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation

Part Three: Building Bridges of Jewish-Muslim Understanding

20. Jewish-Muslim Understanding: A Matter of Education

21. An Open Letter to My Muslim Friends

22. The Legacy of Abraham Goes Unpracticed

23. Follow the Footsteps of Abraham

24. Religion and Islamist Violence: A Different Take

25. Follow the Muslim Women of Benghazi

26. Killing: A Forgotten Scriptural Lesson

27. An Open Letter to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi

28. Jews and Muslims Can Build a Common Ground

29. Killing Children in Israeli-Palestinian Violence: The Forgotten Moral Lesson

30. How Can Jerusalem Become the City of Peace?

Part Four: Becoming a Peacemaker

31. Middle East Unrest: Challenges and Opportunities

32. Stop the Insanity of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

33. When We Expand the Vocabulary of Peace We Expand the Possibilities of Peace

34. Service is the Highest Form of Patriotism

35. Become a Peace Ambassador

36. A Story of Bereaved Mother

37. What Makes a True Peace Leader?

38. A Visit to Jerusalem

39. Invitation for Action: Spread the Light of Peace

Epilogue

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