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 "Fear and Mistrust" project While both sides of the Palestinian and the Israeli community experience fear in the midst of the Palestinian Israeli conflict , they do not acknowledge the other side's fear and its causes. Fear also deepens the mistrust between the two sides. Although both sides entered the Oslo process without trust, there was some hope that some mutual trust would emerge throughout the peace process and this would enable the sides to make the necessary concessions for the sake of peace. However, such a trust never really emerged probably because of ineffective implementation of the spirit and the content of the agreements signed. The failure of the peace process, and the years of violence had destroyed any sort of trust between the sides. Without building some minimal trust it will be almost impossible to resume the peace process. Building some trust is also necessary for coping with fear, uncertainty and risk. Without some minimal trust fear will continue to be a major barrier for resuming the negotiations. The Fear and Mistrust project was launched in 2004, in cooperation with the IPCC and the JIIS (Jerusalem institute for Israeli studies) . The project aims to join intellectual forces in order to study both sides' fear and mistrust in the conflict and their sources. Such a study will enable the sides not only to understand better each side's fear and trust problems but also to look for ways to cope with fear and mistrust.Two multidisciplinary groups were established: one of scholars and experts and one of students that will study the same issues separately in order to find also how different generations perceive and understand the same issues. |
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