From Tel Aviv to Ulcinj: Can we learn from each other about reconciliation and peace-building
From Tel Aviv to Ulcinj: Can we learn from each other about reconciliation and peace-building

Summary/Abstract: In mid-March 2000, I attended a meeting in Ulcinj, Montenegro, that was devoted to discussing "Truth", "Responsibility" and "Reconciliation" in the context of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. I was fortunate to be invited to contribute with the view of a social psychologist from Tel Aviv University. Two months have passed since the end of the meeting and it is now clear to me that the tiring trip from Tel Aviv to Budapest to Podgorica to Ulcinj was worth the effort. The meeting sharpened the fact that the dilemmas that are subsumed under the three words, "truth," "responsibility," and "reconciliation" transcend across regions and peoples. Although history, culture and geo-political conditions in the Middle East are very different from those in Serbia, Kosovo or Montenegro, Israelis and Palestinians face the same dilemmas as do Serbs, Montenegrins or Albanians as they move along the arduous road from conflict to peaceful co-existence. This is the road that I propose to cover in this article.

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