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Some suggested books
List first prepared for:
Gandhi-King Conference on Peacemaking, Memphis, October 2007;
last updated July 20, 2008
I have not organized links to Amazon etc. yet.
Note that if a book is out of print (e.g. "Israeli Pacifist")
one may find amuch better price on alibris.com than
on amazon.com.
Books on Peace Making and
Israel/Palestine
Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life
by Sari Nusseibeh, President of
Al Quds University. His wife is an British woman.
Both are formerly
wealthy elite people who very much believe in the possibilities for
Peace in Israel/Palestine. Copyright 2007
review at http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0522/p13s02-bogn.html
In the Land of Israel by Amos
Oz, and Israeli who interviewed people in
Israel and the West Bank for this book. Copyright 1983 Revised 1993
Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict:
A History with Documents by
Charles D. Smith
Textbook: it is very cleap to buy an older edition from alibris;
an excellent history source.
This Side of Peace by Hanan
Ashrawi, a Palestinian negotiator for peace
and college professor. Copyright 1995 The Memphis Library has 2 copies.
Israeli Pacifist: The Life of Joseph
Abileah by Anthony Bing, a
Quaker. Joseph Abileah was an Austrian Jew who went to Palestine
in
1923, a violinist who worked for reconciliation between Arabs and Jews
for 50 years. Copyright 1990
Hebron Journal: Stories if Nonviolent
Peacemaking, by Arthur G. Gish,
2001. Reports of the Christian Peacemaker team in Hebron.
Copyright
2001
DVD - Video - Encounter Point,
about the Bereaved Families Forum
activities.
http://encounterpoint.com/index.php
DVD-Video- A 30-minute film, on line or DVD, Searching for Peace in the Middle East.
An outstanding presentation, and he spoke to many of the same people we
did - we cover much the same ground in our talks, but he has a
professional film crew. HIGHLY RECOMMENED.
(Foundation for Mid-East Peace, fmep.org)
http://www.fmep.org/searching_for_peace_in_the_middle_east.html
DVD - Video - Reel Bad Arabs,
produced by the Media Education Foundation. The bad treatment of Arabs
in American movies.
http://www.reelbadarabs.com/.
The Union For Reform Judaism
has educational materials about Islam and about Jewish-Muslim
interfaith programs; some summaries of this material can be found
at http://urj.org/muslimdialogue/
and that site provides contact information to get more, by
e-mail. They distribute a DVD called Children of Abraham, which they
produced jointly with the Islamic
Society of North America,
http://isna.com. I'm unclear as to whether that video is
associated also with the people at http://www.childrenofabraham.org/
which also has useful links.
PEACE MAKING AND NEGOTIATING IN GENERAL
Working for Peace: A Handbook of
Practical Psychology and Other
Tools
by Rachel M. MacNair with Forward by Arun Gandhi. Copyright 2005
Getting To Yes: Negotiating Agreement
Without Giving In by Roger Fisher
and William Ury. Copyright 1981
The Clash With Distant Cultures:
Values, Interests, and Force in
American Foreign Policy by Richard Payne has a good chapter on the
Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and one on Resolving Conflicts
Peacefully. The book shows how stereotypes from adult shows, kid
shows, and cartoons on TV affect US foreign policy. Copyright 1995
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