ISRAEL AFFAIRS Volume 23 Number 3 June 2017 Special Issue: Peacemaking, Peacebuilding and Peacekeeping: The Challenge of Change in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Guest Editor: Sapir Handelman CONTENTS Original Articles Peacemaking, peacebuilding and peacekeeping: the challenge of change in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Sapir Handelman 453 The limits of political-elite diplomacy: leaders, people and social conflicts Sapir Handelman and Jyoti Chowdhury 468 Contractualism: a contractarian approach to peace and conflict studies Sapir Handelman 496 Cultural factors in peace-making: the Israeli-Palestinian context Frederic S. Pearson 525 Vulnerability and reconciliation: managing vulnerability as part of peacemaking Miri Rozmarin 545 Building a reality of peace and reconciliation through school textbooks: lessons for the Israeli–Palestinian case Sara Zamir 561 Moving away from partition: the federal road to peace Gideon Elazar 575 Two states – one lesson: dealing with terrorism – a comparative study Efrat Silber 590