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Religious Leaders in the Israeli‐Palestinian Conflict: From Violent Incitement to Nonviolence Resistance
Author(s) -
AbuNimer Mohammed
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
peace and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1468-0130
pISSN - 0149-0508
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0130.2011.00719.x
Subject(s) - peacemaking , resistance (ecology) , context (archaeology) , incitement , palestine , political science , face (sociological concept) , intervention (counseling) , conflict resolution , violent extremism , criminology , law , sociology , religious law , terrorism , islam , psychology , social science , history , ancient history , ecology , archaeology , psychiatry , biology
Religious leaders have an important role to play in initiating, implementing, and monitoring peace processes and activities in the Israeli‐Palestinian context of conflict and peace. In the past two decades, there have been significant developments in the field of religious peacemaking in Israel and Palestine. Religious peace‐builders have been exploring different processes and models to bring change into this protracted conflict reality. This article examines the existing approaches and challenges of intervention that face interreligious dialogue and nonviolent actions in Israel‐Palestine and offers some future recommendations.