Non-violence and the Middle East

David Cortright is the Director of Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. In his extensive study entitled Gandhi and Beyond: Nonviolence for a New Political Age, (2009), he outlines multiple cases of practical successes of non-violent campaigns. For nonviolence to be rel¬evant it must be applicable to the most complex conflicts. Cortright will discuss its applicability in the Middle East, including his model for a “Free Israel and Palestine Campaign” to unite progressive Israelis, Palestinians and Americans “in a creative new civic coalition.”