Yes, We Can! Palestinian-Israeli Teachers in Jewish-Israeli Schools

The Rise and Fall of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

This article examines the rise and fall of the Peace Process and questions the reason for which the United States of America was successful in bringing the two sides to the negotiating table during the 1990s. It investigates the reason for which the process ultimately failed, as well as the reason for which Washingtonwas unsuccessful in restarting the peace process in the past decade. It is arg...

Analysis of trauma exposure, symptomatology and functioning in Jewish Israeli and Palestinian adolescents.

BACKGROUND There has been no reported research comparing Jewish Israeli and Palestinian adolescents regarding the effect of ongoing political violence on adolescent psychosocial, family, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and aggression problems. AIMS To compare Israeli and Palestinian responses regarding the relationship between exposure to traumatic events and psychosocial, behavioural, ...

The Influence of the Ethos of Conflict on Israeli Jews’ Interpretation of Jewish–Palestinian Encounters

Here and now: Yoga in Israeli schools

CONTEXT In the aftermath of the Second Lebanon War, a project was initiated and designed to reduce tension in the children living in the area under bombardment. AIMS To assess the impact of yoga intervention in a group of Israeli school children residing in the region affected by the Second Lebanon War. SETTINGS AND DESIGN The study population included 122 school children aged 8-12 years in...

The Palestinian - Israeli peace process and transnational issue networks: the complicated place of the Israeli NGO

Israeli non-governmental organizations (NGOs) resisting the security fence and other Israeli security measures are in ‘virtual isolation’ in networks dedicated to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and especially to the criticism of Israeli governmental policies and the construction of the security fence.The research reported is a hyperlink and term analysis of select issue networks on the Web a...