The conflicts in Northern Ireland and Israel-Palestine are both widely known and often powerfully emotive examples of violent ethnic conflict. Both have been called religious, exceptional conflicts and, in Northern Ireland’s case, it was long believed that peace would never come. The Belfast Agreement slowly changed that perception, and Ulster has made long strides towards normative multi-ethnic relations. Israel-Palestine, like Northern Ireland, cannot be characterized simply as a religious conflict. It also cannot be understood as exceptional.