Raising Global IQ:The ‘Whose Jerusalem?’ Case Study

Carl Hobert,Boston University

621 Commonwealth AvenueBoston, MA 02215Tel. 617-353-4794Fax 617-353-4351

carl.hobert@axisofhope.org

Famous Quotes

“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.”    

Mahatma Gandhi

Famous Quotes

 “The ultimate measure of a man or woman isnot where s/he stands in moments of comfortand convenience, but where s/he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”  

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Famous Quotes

“Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I will understand.”

 

Confucius

Today’s Agenda

Welcome/overview of workshop by Prof. Carl Hobert, Axis of Hope, Boston, MA

Team-building exercises (US Courtyard and Upper Field)

Prof. Hobert: History of Arab-Israeli Conflict and Negotiations 101/Getting to Yes Strategies

Video: To Die in Jerusalem

Six role-play groups meet to read, refine and present individual 2-minute summary statements

Break

Round 1 of Negotiations

Round 2 of Negotiations

Round 3 of Negotiations

Today’s Agenda

Round 4 of Negotiations

Preparation for Agreement

Draft, Print and Sign Final Draft of 250-word Position Paper

Debriefing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_israel_palestinians/maps/html (January, 31 2005)

UNGAR 181 November, 1947

Jewish & Arab areas

End of fighting (1949):

Mandatory Palestine at the time of cease-fire

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_israel_palestinians/maps/html (January 31, 2005)

Israeli territory after the June 1967 War

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_israel_palestinians/maps/html/six_day_war.stm (January 31, 2005)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_israel_palestinians/maps/html (January, 31 2005)

The Arab-Israeli conflict today

Security

Israel is currently maintaining security through the development of a physical

barrier between the two territories as well as a

significant military force.

As a part of negotiations, the two sides must agree on border control, military presence, and policing of

settlements and Jerusalem.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_israel_palestinians/maps/html

Settlements

As seen on the right, Israeli settlements currently take

up a considerable portion of Palestinian territory in the

West Bank.

For peace to be possible, there must be

agreement over the number and location of

settlements for both Israelisand Palestinians.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_israel_palestinians/maps/html

Jerusalem before & after 1967

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_israel_palestinians/maps/html

Arab-Israeli Conflict: No Shortage of “Peace” Plans

1947 Partition Plan UNR 181

1948 UNR 194

1967 UNR 242

1973 UNR 338

1978 Camp David Accords

1981 King Fahd Plan

1982 Fez Plan, Reagan Plan, Brezhnev Plan

1983 Geneva International Conference

1991 Madrid Conference

1993 Declaration of Principles (Oslo Process)

1994 Oslo I

1995 Oslo II

1999 Wye River Memorandum

1999 Sharm El-Sheikh Agreement

2000 Camp David II Summit

2001 Taba Talks

2002 Saudi Peace Initiative

2003 US Road Map

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_israel_palestinians/maps/html (January, 31 2005)

The Arab-Israeli conflict today

Notice Israel…….

Six Sides:2-Minute Summary Statements

1. Hamas

2. Fatah

3. Arab League

4. Quartet

5. Likud

6. Labor

Whose Jerusalem?The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Preliminary Group Meeting

and Summary Statement

Negotiation Round 1

Negotiation Round 2

Negotiation Round 3

Negotiation Round 4

Agreement?

Negotiations: Round 1

Hamas meets with Fatah

Arab League meets with Quartet

Likud meets with Labor

Goal: Three points of agreement?(Security, Sovereignty and Settlements)

“The Triangle”

U.S. Quartet

Arab League

Hamas

Fatah

Likud

Labor

Negotiations: Round 2

Hamas meets with Arab League

Likud meets with Quartet

Fatah meets with Labor

Goal: Three points of agreement?(Security, Sovereignty and Settlements)

Negotiations: Round 3

Hamas meets with Quartet

Fatah meets with Likud

Labor meets with Arab League

Goal: Three points of agreement?(Security, Sovereignty and Settlements)

Negotiations: Round 4

Hamas meets with Likud

Fatah meets with Arab League

Labor meets with Quartet

Goal: Three points of agreement?(Security, Sovereignty and Settlements)

Negotiations: Round 5

Goal: 250-word proposal on the three points of agreement

(Security, Sovereignty and Settlements)

Whose Jerusalem?The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Preliminary Group Meeting

and Summary Statement

Negotiation Round 1

Negotiation Round 2

Negotiation Round 3

Negotiation Round 4

Agreement?

Whose Jerusalem?The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Lessons to Remember

1. We must strive for maintenance of peace, beyond the peace treaty.

2. High officials are under political pressure not to be flexible, and not to generate options that could benefit all sides, because they must deal with their own people when they return.

3. We must help Israelis and their Arab neighbors to learn about and practice working jointly and peacefully on what will be an ENDLESS stream of differences - as a “process”.

Whose Jerusalem?The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Lessons to Remember

4. Second-level government officials and non-officials, or track 2 officials, are better at brainstorming. Track 1 officials can later select the best options, improve them, and

then make binding decisions.

5. Middle school, high school and college teachers/professors and students acting jointly have great power to generate some possible good decisions that could then be “made” by officials at later dates (proposed “track 3” diplomacy).

6. Diplomacy is not about “empathy” - it is more about RESPECT

7. We must teach, and hence create, a new, enlightened set of Middle East advisors who do not have ideology leading the way, and who have a tough, no-nonsense approach to diplomacy that is SMART, TOUGH AND FAIR.

Whose Jerusalem?The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Lessons to Remember

8. Know your BATNA - and carefully estimate theirs!

BATNA is the acronym for Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement.

If you look at it from the simplest standpoint, your BATNA is the choice you can make if you conclude that negotiating with a particular party is not likely to yield a favorable result. You can walk away from a negotiation if your BATNA is better than the likely outcome of that negotiation.

Famous Quotes

“Our lives come to an end when we become silent about things that matter.”  

 

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Mother Teresa(1910-1997)

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi(b. 1947)

Alfred Nobel (1833-1896)

A quote from?

From: ___________________Salzburg, Austria

To: Friendship Among Children and Youth (Founded Under UNESCO), New York

Date: November 22, 1952  

"You young people should consider yourselves fortunate that you, in your impressionable years, have the opportunity to exchange viewpoints and ideas with those of a variety of cultural backgrounds. There is no better opportunity to acquire the life-long insights that are necessary for the resolution of international problems and conflicts.

 

In the hope that your endeavors have a lasting impact, I send you my warmest greetings and wishes."

Albert Einstein(1879-1955)

“Educating Global Citizens”:The ‘Whose Jerusalem?’ Case Study

Prof. Carl Hobert, Founder, Axis of HopeBoston University

621 Commonwealth AvenueBoston, MA 02215Tel. 617-353-4794Fax 617-353-4351

carl.hobert@axisofhope.org