This article discusses a bitter land dispute in Israel between a Palestinian municipality and a Jewish municipality, analyzing the game-changing moves made by local civil society organizations to shift their relationship from adversaries to allies for regional cooperation. The article explores the origins of the conflict between Sakhnin Municipality and the neighboring Misgav Regional Council. We explain their failed attempts to negotiate agreements to end a local dispute that can be described as a microcosm of the Israeli–Palestinian geopolitical conflict. Using Lax and Sebenius's 3-D Negotiation Framework and William Ury's Third Side concept as lenses, we analyze the strategy and activities employed by civil society actors, who embody a Third Side role and succeed in breaking the stalemate, reaching agreements, and transforming relationships. Through conducting interviews and reviewing media articles, emails, protocols, letters, and other documents in Sakhnin's archives and on official governmental websites, we reconstruct the negotiation process and demonstrate how the Third Side was able to restore relationships, trust, and communication and develop creative options—away from the negotiating table. We suggest that this case can serve as a model to resolve other conflicts, particularly local disputes with power disparities that are intertwined with high politics.

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Sakhnin/Misgav 土地争端：使用 3-D 谈判策略分析以色列的冲突解决

本文讨论了以色列一个巴勒斯坦自治市和一个犹太自治市之间的激烈土地争端，分析了当地民间社会组织为实现区域合作从敌对关系转变为盟友的改变游戏规则的举措。这篇文章探讨了萨赫宁市政府与邻近的米斯加夫地区委员会之间冲突的根源。我们解释了他们试图通过谈判达成协议以结束当地争端的失败尝试，这场争端可以被描述为以巴地缘政治冲突的缩影。使用 Lax 和 Sebenius 的 3-D 谈判框架和 William Ury 的第三方概念作为镜头，我们分析了民间社会参与者所采用的策略和活动，他们体现了第三方角色并成功打破僵局，达成协议，和转变关系。通过在 Sakhnin 的档案和政府官方网站上进行采访和审查媒体文章、电子邮件、协议、信件和其他文件，我们重建了谈判过程并展示了第三方如何能够恢复关系、信任和沟通并发挥创造性选项——远离谈判桌。我们建议，此案可以作为解决其他冲突的典范，尤其是与高层政治交织在一起的权力悬殊的地方争端。信任、沟通和开发创造性的选择——远离谈判桌。我们建议，此案可以作为解决其他冲突的典范，尤其是与高层政治交织在一起的权力悬殊的地方争端。信任、沟通和开发创造性的选择——远离谈判桌。我们建议，此案可以作为解决其他冲突的典范，尤其是与高层政治交织在一起的权力悬殊的地方争端。