The Role of Trust in Conflict Resolution, 1st ed. 2016
The Israeli-Palestinian Case and Beyond
Peace Psychology Book Series

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 and political 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. 

Trust and Distrust: Introduction

Alon, Ilai and Bar-Tal, Daniel

 

Part I – Theoretical Aspects: Trust in Conflict Resolution

1.    The Philosophy of Trust

Agassi, Joseph <

 

2.      Two Theoretical Approaches to Trust - Their Implications for the Resolution of Intergroup Conflict

Sztompka, Piotr

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

Suleiman, Ramzi

 

 

Part II- the Comparative Aspect: How was Trust been reached in other Conflicts.

4.      Lessons learned on Trust Building in Northern Ireland

Fitzduff, Mari

 

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

Corkalo Biruski, Dinka

 

Part III – the Cultural-Religious Aspect: Trust in   Islam and Judaism

6.      Some Comments on Language as A Barrier to Trust in Arabic-Speaking Islam

Alon, Ilai

 

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

Rosen-Zvi, Ishay

Part IV – Trust in the Israeli – Palestinian Conflict

8.      Trust and Mistrust in Israeli Peace-Making

Golan, Galia

9.      The Role of Trust in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Yuchtman-Yaar, Ephraim<

 

10.  Trust and Negotiations: Israel and the Palestinians, 2009-2016

Tzoreff, Yohanan

 

11.  Lay Psychology of Trust/Distrust and beyond in the Context of an Intractable Conflict: the Case of Israeli Jews

Bar-Tal, Daniel; Amiram Raviv; Shapira, Paz; and Kahn, Dennis

12.   Lack of Trust as a Barrier to Reconciliation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Attitudes of Israeli (Jewish) Elite Members toward Reconciliation with the Palestinians

Auerbach, Yehudith

 

13.  Historical Narratives and the Issue of Trust

Susser, Asher

 

14.  Trust and Confidence Building in the Israeli Palestinian Peace Negotiations

Salem, Walid

 

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

Jamal, Amal

 

 

16.   Distrust and Discord on the Israeli-Arab Conflict between Arabs and Jews in Israel

Smooha, Sammy

 

Part V – Lessons and Conclusions

Socio-Psychological Approach to Trust (or Distrust): Concluding Comments

Bar-Tal, Daniel and Alon, Ilai

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.