The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict : From Conflict Resolution to Conflict Management

The violent confrontation that erupted in September 2000 between Israel and the Palestinians developed into a protracted low-intensity confrontation. The confrontation exacted a heavy human toll on both sides, inflicted severe economic damage, and raised the level of enmity, hostility, and mistrust to levels that are hampering dialogue, not only in regard to the resolution of the conflict but also about its very management. The book focused on the causes of the confrontation, the goals of the sides, the distinctive characteristics of the confrontation as a low intensity conflict, the management strategies adopted by the sides, the reasons for the failure of the efforts to end or moderate the confrontation, the outcomes of the confrontation, its impact on both societies in different domains, and the phenomenon of unilateral disengagement as a unique strategy of conflict management in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Tables......Page 10 List of Figures......Page 12 Acknowledgments......Page 14 About the Authors......Page 16 Introduction......Page 18 1 Dialectic between Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution......Page 26 2 The Influences of Heuristic Thought and Group Dynamics on the Management of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict......Page 58 3 The Israeli-Palestinian Violent Confrontation: An Israeli Perspective......Page 86 4 The Interaction between the Military Echelon and the Political Echelon in the Management of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation......Page 118 5 Changes in Israel’s Official Security Policy and in the Attitudes of the Israeli-Jewish Public toward the Management of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2000–2004)......Page 150 6 A Psychological Earthquake in the Israeli-Jewish Society: Changing Opinions Following the Camp David Summit and the Al-Aqsa Intifada......Page 186 7 Ethos of Conflict in the Israeli Media during the Period of the Violent Confrontation......Page 220 8 The Palestinian Society in the Wake of the Violent Confrontation and Arafat’s Death......Page 250 9 The Israeli Disengagement Plan as a Conflict Management Strategy......Page 278 C......Page 300 I......Page 301 N......Page 302 S......Page 303 Z......Page 304 This book focuses on the September 2000 confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians, examining the characteristics of a confrontation that developed into a protracted low-intensity conflict. Topics addressed include the strategies adopted by both sides, the reasons for the failure of moderation, and the phenomenon of unilateral disengagement.