Julia Chaitin is Professor Emerita at Sapir College and a dedicated peace activist. Her notable publications include Peace Building in Israel and Palestine (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) and Routine Emergency: The Meaning of Life for Israelis Living along the Gaza Border (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, with Steinberg, Avlagon, and Steinberg). Elad Avlagon is a social worker and independent researcher. His notable publications include Routine Emergency: The Meaning of Life for Israelis Living along the Gaza Border (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, with Chaitin, Steinberg, and Steinberg).

• Preface; 1. Personal Narratives in the Context of Genocide and War; 2. Collective Identity, Perceptions of the Enemy, and Personal Narratives; 3. Coping, or Not, with Genocide and War; 4. Conceptualizations of Positive Peace and Reconciliation; 5. Personal Narratives of Genocide and War and Their Connections to Peacebuilding or Peace Obstruction: Our Theoretical Model; 6. Personal Narratives connected to the Holocaust; 7. Personal Narratives in the Jewish-Arab and Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Contexts; 8. Personal Narratives in the Jewish-Jewish Conflict Context; 9. Personal Narratives of Genocide and Intractable War: Research Implications; 10. Personal Narratives of Genocide and Intractable War: Concrete Ideas for Peacebuilding and Reconciliation; References; Index.

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Julia Chaitin is Professor Emerita at Sapir College and a dedicated peace activist. Her notable publications include Peace Building in Israel and Palestine (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) and Routine Emergency: The Meaning of Life for Israelis Living along the Gaza Border (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, with Steinberg, Avlagon, and Steinberg). Elad Avlagon is a social worker and independent researcher. His notable publications include Routine Emergency: The Meaning of Life for Israelis Living along the Gaza Border (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, with Chaitin, Steinberg, and Steinberg).

• Preface; 1. Personal Narratives in the Context of Genocide and War; 2. Collective Identity, Perceptions of the Enemy, and Personal Narratives; 3. Coping, or Not, with Genocide and War; 4. Conceptualizations of Positive Peace and Reconciliation; 5. Personal Narratives of Genocide and War and Their Connections to Peacebuilding or Peace Obstruction: Our Theoretical Model; 6. Personal Narratives connected to the Holocaust; 7. Personal Narratives in the Jewish-Arab and Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Contexts; 8. Personal Narratives in the Jewish-Jewish Conflict Context; 9. Personal Narratives of Genocide and Intractable War: Research Implications; 10. Personal Narratives of Genocide and Intractable War: Concrete Ideas for Peacebuilding and Reconciliation; References; Index.

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Julia Chaitin is Professor Emerita at Sapir College and a dedicated peace activist. Her notable publications include Peace Building in Israel and Palestine (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) and Routine Emergency: The Meaning of Life for Israelis Living along the Gaza Border (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, with Steinberg, Avlagon, and Steinberg). Elad Avlagon is a social worker and independent researcher. His notable publications include Routine Emergency: The Meaning of Life for Israelis Living along the Gaza Border (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, with Chaitin, Steinberg, and Steinberg).

• Preface; 1. Personal Narratives in the Context of Genocide and War; 2. Collective Identity, Perceptions of the Enemy, and Personal Narratives; 3. Coping, or Not, with Genocide and War; 4. Conceptualizations of Positive Peace and Reconciliation; 5. Personal Narratives of Genocide and War and Their Connections to Peacebuilding or Peace Obstruction: Our Theoretical Model; 6. Personal Narratives connected to the Holocaust; 7. Personal Narratives in the Jewish-Arab and Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Contexts; 8. Personal Narratives in the Jewish-Jewish Conflict Context; 9. Personal Narratives of Genocide and Intractable War: Research Implications; 10. Personal Narratives of Genocide and Intractable War: Concrete Ideas for Peacebuilding and Reconciliation; References; Index.

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