Lesson 1Ottoman rule to British Mandate (pre-1917 to 1948): Balfour Declaration and mandate institutionsWe look at the change from late Ottoman control to British rule, paying attention to the Balfour Declaration, the League of Nations terms, and how British ways, groups, and community fights set the base for future troubles and the birth of a state.
Ottoman ways and local peopleWorld War I fights in PalestineBalfour Declaration words and settingMandate rules and law baseJewish group and Arab leadersTroubles, checks, and White PapersLesson 21967 Six-Day War and territorial changes: settlements, occupation, and security implicationsThis part checks the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel's quick land gains, and how taking over land, building homes, and new lines changed safety ideas, area talks, Palestinian daily life, and talks about land and right to rule.
Before-war area strains and groupsHow the Six-Day War went by areaUN Resolution 242 and law talksStarts and growth of Israeli homesTakeover ways in West Bank and GazaSafety ideas after land growthLesson 31948–1967 formative wars and state-building: refugee issue and absorption policiesThis part covers Israel's key years from 1948 to 1967, including taking in different Jewish newcomers, unsolved Palestinian refugee problems, border fights, the 1956 Sinai fight, and how these built groups, sense of self, and safety needs.
Big coming in and taking in waysMizrahi groups and social spacesPalestinian refugees and UNRWA partBorder coming in and payback attacks1956 Sinai fight and Suez troubleGroup building and national senseLesson 421st-century turning points: disengagement from Gaza (2005), Gaza conflicts, and recent normalization agreementsThis part looks back at main 21st-century changes: the 2005 Gaza pullout, later Gaza fights, rocket and tunnel dangers, and new peace deals with Arab lands, checking their safety, talk, and home effects.
Sharon’s pullout plan and reasonsPulling out Gaza homes and effectsHamas take over and inside Palestinian splitGaza fights and changing fight waysRocket safety and Iron Dome setupAbraham Accords and area changeLesson 5Domestic political shifts since 2009: polarization, judicial debates, and changing party alignmentsWe check Israeli home politics since 2009, focusing on vote changes, Netanyahu’s long time in power, growing splits, talks on court changes and balances, moves in right and center-left groups, and protest actions.
Netanyahu time and group patternsRise of middle and new protest groupsReligious-secular and group splitsCourt change plans and againstSupreme Court part and Basic LawsBig protests and trust in groupsLesson 6Peace processes: Camp David (1978) and Oslo Accords (1993) — terms and political impactThis part checks the 1978 Camp David deals and 1993 Oslo setup, comparing their words, doing challenges, and political effects on Israeli, Palestinian, and area politics, including hopes from supporters and safety and right worries from critics.
Sadat’s visit and Camp David talksEgypt-Israel deal words and resultsOslo I and Oslo II main rulesPalestinian group and small self-ruleIsraeli and Palestinian people reactionsKillings, trouble makers, and breaksLesson 7Late 19th-century Zionism: key thinkers, movements, and the First AliyahWe follow late 19th-century Zionism under Ottoman rule, pointing out main thinkers, idea flows, and early groups, and check the First Aliyah’s people numbers, home patterns, ties with local folks, and long-time political meaning.
European hate against Jews and Jewish national feelingHerzl, Ahad Ha’am, and rival ideasReligious, work, and change currentsFirst Aliyah people and startsFarm homes and land buyingTies with Arab groups and leadersLesson 81973 Yom Kippur War and its political/economic aftermathHere we check the surprise 1973 Yom Kippur War, fight field changes, big power parts, and how the fight’s shock changed Israeli politics, money matters, civil-military ties, and opened ways to pullout and peace talks.
Know-how fails and warning signsEgyptian and Syrian attack plansU.S. and Soviet parts in the warHome shock and the Agranat checkMoney trouble and oil block effectsFrom war to pullout and peace talksLesson 9Intifadas (First and Second) and their effects on security policy and politicsThis part checks the First and Second Intifadas, their starts in takeover and upset, ways used by both sides, and how these uprisings changed Israeli safety ways, people views, Palestinian politics, and the wider peace way.
Roots of First Intifada in daily lifeBase group and civil fight backOslo way and Intifada resultsSecond Intifada starts and riseSelf-kill attacks and against waysSafety wall and way changeLesson 10UN Partition and 1948 War: creation of the state and demographic/political consequencesWe check the 1947 UN Partition Plan, the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and how state birth, fight results, and people moves shaped Israel’s lines, people balance, Palestinian refugee life, and the new state’s political groups.
UNSCOP ideas and partition mapJewish and Arab answers to the planCivil war time before May 1948Independence say and talk waysFight actions and peace linesNakba, refugees, and people changes
