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Die vergleichende Analyse der Positionen, die Hans J. Morgenthau (Begründer des klassischen Realismus in den internationalen Beziehungen) gegenüber dem Engagement der USA in Vietnam einerseits und der israelischen Politik im Nahostkonflikt andererseits bezogen hat, kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass die Kritik an den USA und die Unterstützung der israelischen Sicherheitspolitik derselben Grundauffassung Morgenthaus entspringen und keineswegs widersprüchlich sind. (DÜI-Hns)

This paper explores the possibilities of intercultural dialogue as a means of peace building on the people‐to‐people level. With its focus on the Israeli‐Palestinian conflict the work assesses a number of efforts, which have utilized cultural dialogue rooted in religion to facilitate dialogue, relationship building, and perception change during the period subsequent to the signing of the Oslo Accord in 1993 and prior to the outbreak of Israeli‐Palestinian violence in September 2000. Utilizing an interdisciplinary theoretical framework and questionnaire‐based quantitative data collected from Israeli and Palestinian students, the work suggests that the religiously based dialogue has the potential to move mutual perceptions to more favorable positions based on the similarities between Islam and Judaism. Such dialogue can also clarify to both sides the identification which each side has with the same land. We believe that our exploratory data might encourage the further use and study of religious cultural elements to facilitate peace building in both the Israeli‐Palestinian context and in other acute interethnic conflict venues.

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This essay based on an interdisciplinary framework rooted in Jewish perspectives draws on insights from political science, Jewish philosophy & social psychology in proposing an initial model for peacebuilding. It suggests that (1) realist & idealist approaches as represented by Hans 1. Morgenthau & Martin Buber respectively, (2) possibilities for inclusive reading of sacred Jewish text, & (3) the results of empirical research in Arab-Israeli interreligious dialogue can serve as a multi-tiered approach to advance peacebuilding from a Jewish perspective. It combines an awareness of the dangers in the political environment along with possibilities for transformation, & the insights gathered in several years of empirical analysis of inter-religious dialogue. Tables, References. Adapted from the source document.