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Civil Society Challenges 2012 Vol. 18 No. 2 & 3, 2012 
Table of Contents Editorial by Ziad AbuZayyad Co-Editors of PIJ win media award Focus 2 Civil society activity continues to be a key counterweight to threats to Israeli democracy by Naomi Chazan Palestinian NGOs need to develop a clear-cut political position and direct it toward both the issue of the occupation and the splits within Palestinian society by Walid Salem The most important achievement and potential of Israeli peace and human rights groups may be in shifting public discourse and public opinion toward ending the occupation and realizing the two-state solution by Galia Golan Before 1994 NGOs were the primary source of political and economic development as well as educational, health and social welfare services; they now compete with and complement government agencies by Nidal Fuqaha To bring about the necessary paradigm shift in Israeli society, the Israeli left needs to appeal to affective, emotional elements that move the collective subconscious by Meir Margalit The role of civil society institutions is even greater than before Oslo: to build a system based on freedoms, respect for others and human rights — to act as a compass for the masses by Nancy Sadiq The best way to change mindsets and to foster ideas of self-determination, ending the occupation and peace is through dialogue, cross-border activities and physical interactions by Ron Pundak The role of CSOs is a politicized one, be they American, European, Arab or Palestinian; governments benefit politically, socially and economically from taking advantage of them by Omar Nofal Jayyousi Civil society-led efforts should lay the groundwork for the long-overdue political settlement to the conflict by Aviva Shemesh In a time of revolution and a deadlocked peace process, we need a civil society that can mobilize the political, social, economic, cultural and human potential of our societies for social change by Hind Khoury A fifteen-step joint approach to fairly and thoroughly teaching about the Israeli- Palestinian conflict and approaching a mutual understanding of the region’s past, present and future by Edward Kaufman and by Manuel Hassassian The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement’s biggest problem is that it will not work by Hillel Schenker As the definition of normalization has expanded and blurred, the anti-normalization camp should focus its criticism more narrowly; namely, to those on both sides of the conflict who perpetuate the status quo by Riman Barakat and by Dan Goldenblatt Interviews with joint projects by Mossi Raz and by Maysa Baransi-Siniora by Rutie Atsmon and by Zahiye Kundos by Mohammed Owaidah and by Teddy Fassberg Introduction by Ron Pundak and by Sam’an Khoury Views from the Outside Civil society was a driving force both in the perpetuation of conflict and in peacebuilding in the Northern Ireland conflict by Paul Arthur Effective peace-building in Cyprus required a delicate balance of civil society work, political diplomacy, and international third-party legitimization by Maria Hadjipavlou A personal account from the times of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement shows that calls against injustices can affect people more emotionally than calls for justice, leading to a general change in attitude towards those who are marginalized by Byron Bland Wasatia, Palestine Forum and PNI could one day play a role in Palestinian affairs with the proper combination of Western support and domestic backing by Michael Sharnoff Palestinian civil society’s role changed from a highly political and unified one during the first intifada to a disaggregated and increasingly conflictual relationship afterwards, due in part to shifts in external actors by Steven Weisman Refusal, rather than resistance, gives Palestinians a self-definition that goes beyond opposition to occupation and opens an opportunity to create their own lives by Michael Hayes Interview by Aya Shoshan Roundtable Saman Khoury, Dr. Ron Pundak, Hind Khoury, Mossi Raz, Azzam Abu-Saud, Tal Harris, HIllel Schenker, Ziad AbuZayyad Viewpoint Peace in Israel-Palestine depends on the Arab World and the West in addition to their own governments; moreover, democracy and adherence to international law must be at the forefront of all four parties’ aspirations by Saeb Erekat The struggle for LGBT rights must be a comprehensive struggle for human rights; ignoring the occupation plays into the hands of the Israeli “pinkwashing” campaign by Marc Berthold In the current political impasse, there may be value in turning to pre-State of Israel ideas for coexistence between Palestinians, Israeli Jews, and Jordanians in the region by Yakub Halabi Book Review Reviewed by Arman Hemani Reviewed by Gili Ostfield Reviewed by Riad al Khouri Reviewed by Benjamin Pogrund Reviewed by Rainer Kessler Culture by Samih AI-Qassem by Kyoko Uchida by Alon Liel |
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