The Power of Dialogue Between Israelis and Palestinians

In The Power of Dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians, scholar and activist Nava Sonnenschein shares a collection of twenty-five powerful interviews she conducted with Palestinian and Jewish Israeli alumni of peacebuilding courses, showing the potential for a sustainable path to peace with equality in Israel and Palestine.  
 

Foreword
Chapter 1: When Groups Meet:  Understanding How Power Dynamics Shape Intergroup Encounters
PART ONE: HUMAN RIGHTS & POLITICAL ACTIVISM
Chapter 2: Michael Sfard - Lawyer and human rights activist specializing in human rights law and the laws of war
Chapter 3: Suhad Hammoud Dahleh - Lawyer focusing on the human rights of East Jerusalem’ s 260, 000 Palestinians; co-founder of the law firm  Dahleh, Hammound and Associates
Chapter 4: Mohammad Abu Snineh - Lawyer with the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center
Chapter 5: Yonatan Shapira - Activist and musician with music available on Spotify and iHeartRadio; member of Boycott from Within
PART TWO: COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, EDUCATION & PLANNING
Chapter 6: Ayelet Roth -  School Network Director of Hand in Hand bilingual school
Chapter 7: Harb Amara -  Program Director for the School for Peace
Chapter 8: Youval Tamari
Chapter 9: Rachela Yanay
Chapter 10: Nazih Ansaari
Chapter 11: Sebastian Wallerstein -  Executive Director of the Affordable Housing Center at Tel Aviv University
PART THREE: FAMILY & COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH
Chapter 12: Wassim Biroumi -  Program Coordinator of ICCI and coordinates a program called “ From Memory to Reconciliation” for Youth and Young Adults with the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel
Chapter 13: Yoav Lurie -  Psychotherapist with both individuals and groups; Occupational Therapist; Works in private practice and the Center for the Victims of Sexual Assaults in Tel Aviv; Teaches in Occupational Therapy Department in Tel-Aviv University; Board member of the Israeli Association of Group Therapy
Chapter 14: Dina Zarega -  Clinical social worker and psychotherapist in Jerusalem
Chapter 15: Slieman Halabi -  Coordinator of Internal Events at the Salaam-Shalom Initiative; Research Associate at Jacobs University in Bremen; Current Ph. D. candidate at Friedrich Schiller University Jena at the International Max Planck Research School on Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World
PART FOUR: UNIVERSITY TEACHING & RESEARCH
Chapter 16: Norma Musih -  Member of the Advisory Board for the Center for Comparative Conflict Studies at the Faculty of Media and Communications at Belgrade Singidunum University; Ph. D. candidate the Indiana University
Chapter 17: Roi Silberberg -  Program Director of the School for Peace
Chapter 18: Nada Matta -  Ph. D. candidate in the sociology department at New York University; Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages and the Department of Sociology at Drexel University
Chapter 19: Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder -  Senior Lecturer on the sociology of gender and education at Ben-Gurion University
Chapter 20: Maram Masarwi -  Member of the Advisory Board for the Center for Comparative Conflict Studies at the Faculty of Media and Communications at Belgrade Singidunum University; Head of the early childhood education department at Al-Qasemi College of Education; Lecturer in the faculty of Education at the David Yallin College in Israel
PART FIVE: PIONEERING NEW ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 21: Eitan Bronstein -  Co-Director, Video Director, and Editor of De-Colonizer, a research and art laboratory
Chapter 22: Amin Khalaf -  Leader of the East & West Center for language study in Jerusalem
Chapter 23: Maya Mukamel
Chapter 24: Badria Biromi
Chapter 25: Avi Levi
Chapter 26: Amal Elsana Alh’ jooj
Afterword: A Critical Analysis of the Interviews
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