“Dialogue to heal”: the dialogic meetings in the Israel-Palestine conflict

Abstract

The Israel-Palestine conflict has been going on for decades and seems to be far from its final resolution, given the spiral growth of violence, as well as political and religious extremism of both sides. Faced with this scenario of hopelessness that mixed local groups have tried to bring peace and reconciliation through dialogic meetings. The argument developed in this article highlights the importance of the local actors in peacebuilding efforts, since top-down efforts alone, have been proven to be insufficient to build a path towards a sustainable and lasting peace. For this analysis, we will use as guide the theoretical analytical construct of Studies for Peace, focusing specially on Conflict Resolution and the Local Turn.