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SUMMARY:Israel Studies Seminar - Identity\, Conflict perception and Reconc
 iliation in the shadow of the Arab-Israeli conflict - Dr. Ibrahim Khatib (
 University of Oxford)
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190226T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nIn the context of protracted conflict\, is there 
 a relation between identity and willingness for reconciliation\, and in wh
 at way does this relation exist? The current study checks the relation bet
 ween individual differences in identity perceptions of a given protracted 
 conflict along religious\, national\, and civic dimensions and willingness
  for reconciliation. The research case study is the Arab Israeli conflict 
 and was able to formulate a unified attitude which was applied to groups w
 ith asymmetrical power and also can serve scholars who study political mec
 hanisms and dynamics involved in various protracted conflicts around the w
 orld and the researchers on democratic changing. Our hypothesis is that th
 e perception of conflict and threat perception are major factors that medi
 ate between the degree of agreement to reconciliation on the one side\, an
 d religious identity and other identity perceptions (national and civic id
 entities) on the other side. Also\, democratic values have a crucial role 
 for increasing the willingness to reconcile.\n\nThe study\, a comparative 
 study\, examines this research model using surveys carried out among 2\,17
 0 students in Egypt\, Jordan\, Tunisia\, Palestine\, and Israel between Oc
 tober 2015 and June 2016. The cases were selected as each country has a va
 rious regime type (control variable). Results show that the perception of 
 conflict and threat perception are major factors that mediate between degr
 ee of willingness to reconcile and the rise of some identity perceptions.\
 n\nResults also show that religious conflict perception decreases willingn
 ess to reconcile\, while material perception increases it\; in both cases\
 , threat perception decreases willingness to reconcile. The results also s
 how that this younger generation opposes reconciliation with Israel. Democ
 ratic values play a positive role in willingness to reconcile in the Israe
 li case\, while in the Arab cases\, they play a negative role. Identity pe
 rception could play a crucial role and affect how groups perceive their co
 nflict basis\, i.e.\, if one perceives his identity as religious\, then s/
 he will also perceive the conflict as religious. According to the results\
 ; Israelis perceive their identit more as a national and civic and the con
 flict as material\, while the Arabs perceive their identity as a religious
  and the conflict as a religious. Finally\, being a democracy does not nec
 essarily increase willingness to reconcile.\n\nAbout the speaker:\n\nIbrah
 im Khatib is an Academic visitor doing his Postdoctoral research at Oxford
  School of Area Studies and Middle East Centre at the University of Oxford
 . His previous scholarship has dealt with issues pertaining to identity an
 d conflict\, conflict resolution\, democratic values\, religions and confl
 ict\, political Islam\, Israeli politics\, Middle East politics and Arab- 
 Israeli conflict. In addition He has published in number of peer reviewed 
 journals including Journal of Peace Research\, International Journal of Co
 nflict Management and Citizenship Studies. His research is about the relat
 ionship between democratic values\, identity\, threat\, conflict Perceptio
 n and willingness to reconcile in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict
 .\nSpeakers:\nDr. Ibrahim Khatib (University of Oxford)
LOCATION:Board Room\, Kirdar Building\, Middle East Centre
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/6e6c7295-2d26-4a61-a620-e2d3a11d8165/
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