Lesson 1Ongoing shifts since 2010s: settlement expansion, diplomatic realignments, and recent major incidentsExamine developments since di 2010s, includin settlement growth, Gaza wars, regional normalization, intra-Palestinian splits, an shiftin U.S. an global diplomacy, culminatin in major escalations an changin conflict narratives.
Settlement legalization and de facto annexationGaza wars and evolving military doctrinesArab normalization and the Abraham AccordsIntra-Palestinian political fragmentationU.S. policy shifts across administrationsGlobal public opinion and legal initiativesLesson 2Suez Crisis and 1950s regional dynamics: Arab states and Israeli securityAnalyze di 1956 Suez Crisis, collusion between Israel, Britain, an France, an U.S.–Soviet responses, showin how di episode shape Israeli deterrence, Arab nationalism, UN peacekeeping, an Cold War alignments in di region.
Egyptian nationalism and canal nationalizationTripartite collusion and invasion plansIsraeli campaign in Sinai PeninsulaU.S. and Soviet diplomatic interventionUNEF deployment and Israeli withdrawalImpact on Nasserism and Arab–Israeli rivalryLesson 3Gaza developments since 2005 and periodic escalations: blockade, governance, and conflictFocus pon Gaza after Israel’s 2005 disengagement, Hamas’s takeover, di blockade regime, an repeated wars, assessin humanitarian conditions, governance challenges, regional mediation, an how Gaza shape wider conflict dynamics.
Israeli disengagement and settlement removalHamas electoral victory and takeover of GazaBlockade policies and border controlsRocket fire, airstrikes, and ground incursionsHumanitarian crisis and reconstruction cyclesEgyptian, Qatari, and UN mediation effortsLesson 41967 Six-Day War and its consequences: territories, occupation, and settlementsExplore di 1967 Six-Day War, rapid Israeli victories, an capture of di West Bank, Gaza, Sinai, an Golan, tracin how occupation, UN Resolution 242, an early settlement projects redefine di conflict’s geography an politics.
Regional tensions and pre-war military movesCourse of the war on multiple frontsTerritorial gains and new ceasefire linesUN Resolution 242 and land-for-peace ideaMilitary rule in occupied territoriesOrigins of ideological settlement movementsLesson 5UN Partition Plan and 1947–49 war: outcome, refugees, and state formationCover di 1947 UN Partition Plan, di civil war in Mandatory Palestine, di 1948 Arab–Israeli war, an armistice lines, explainin state formation, refugee flows, an how competin narratives emerge around victory an catastrophe.
UNSCOP proposals and partition map detailsYishuv and Arab leadership responsesCivil war phase in late Mandate periodArab state intervention and major battlesArmistice agreements and Green Line bordersPalestinian refugee crisis and Nakba memoryLesson 6British Mandate period and intercommunal tensions (1918–1947)Explore di British Mandate in Palestine, legal frameworks, immigration policies, an land disputes, tracin how intercommunal violence, British divide-an-rule tactics, an failed partition proposals set di stage fi later war.
League of Nations Mandate and British objectivesBalfour Declaration and legal incorporationJewish immigration waves and land purchasesArab protests, strikes, and rural revoltsBritish policing and emergency regulationsPeel Commission and partition proposalsLesson 7Zionist congresses and early settlement (1897–1918): aims and international receptionExamine early Zionist politics from di First Zionist Congress through World War I, focusin pon ideological debates, settlement strategies, diplomacy wid great powers, an how local Arab society perceive an react to dese changes.
Herzl, Basel Program, and Zionist institutionsPolitical versus practical Zionism debatesEarly agricultural colonies and land fundsRelations with Ottoman authorities and elitesArab press reactions and local oppositionWorld War I diplomacy and the Balfour pledgeLesson 81978–79 Camp David and Egypt–Israel peace: diplomacy and regional impactExplore di Camp David Accords, Egypt’s separate peace wid Israel, an U.S. mediation, assessin how di treaty reshape regional alliances, Palestinian diplomacy, military balances, an di Arab world’s approach to Israel.
Sadat’s visit to Jerusalem and diplomatic openingCamp David negotiations and U.S. mediationTerms of the Egypt–Israel peace treatySinai withdrawal and security arrangementsRegional Arab reaction and Egypt’s isolationImpact on Palestinian representation and strategyLesson 9First and Second Intifadas: popular uprising, tactics, and political effects (1987–1993; 2000–2005)Trace di First an Second Intifadas, comparin grassroots mobilization, tactics, an leadership, an examin how each uprisin reshape Israeli an Palestinian politics, security practices, an international engagement wid di conflict.
Origins and organization of the First IntifadaPopular committees, strikes, and boycottsOslo process emerging from the First IntifadaTrigger events of the Second IntifadaSuicide bombings and Israeli military responsePolitical fallout for Israeli and Palestinian leadersLesson 10Oslo process and its limits: agreements, institutions, and failuresAnalyze di Oslo framework, its phased approach, an new institutions, highlightin core agreements, security coordination, settlement trends, an why di process stall, leavin key final-status issues unresolved.
Oslo I, Oslo II, and Declaration of PrinciplesCreation and powers of the Palestinian AuthoritySecurity coordination and policing arrangementsSettlement expansion during the Oslo yearsAssassinations, bombings, and mutual distrustCamp David 2000 and collapse of final talks
