Lesson 1From Ottoman Control to British Mandate (before 1917 to 1948): Balfour Declaration and Mandate BodiesWe follow the change from late Ottoman control to the British Mandate, focusing on the Balfour Declaration, League of Nations mandate terms, and how British policies, bodies, and community tensions laid the groundwork for later fights and state formation.
Ottoman governance and local communityWorld War I fights in PalestineBalfour Declaration words and backgroundMandate charter and legal setupJewish Agency and Arab leadership groupsRiots, inquiries, and White PapersLesson 21967 Six-Day War and Land Changes: Settlements, Occupation, and Security EffectsThis part looks at the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel’s quick land gains, and how occupation, settlement policy, and new borders changed security thinking, regional talks, Palestinian daily life, and arguments over land and rightfulness.
Before-war regional tensions and partnershipsFlow of the Six-Day War by battlefrontUN Resolution 242 and legal argumentsBeginnings and growth of Israeli settlementsOccupation policies in West Bank and GazaSecurity thinking after land growthLesson 31948–1967 Forming Wars and State-Building: Refugee Matter and Absorption PoliciesThis part covers Israel’s forming 1948–1967 period, including taking in diverse Jewish newcomers, unsolved Palestinian refugee matters, border clashes, the 1956 Sinai Campaign, and how these shaped bodies, identity, and security needs.
Mass coming in and absorption policiesMizrahi communities and social dividesPalestinian refugees and UNRWA roleBorder sneaking in and reprisal attacks1956 Sinai Campaign and Suez CrisisBody-building and national identityLesson 421st-Century Turning Points: Pullout from Gaza (2005), Gaza Fights, and Recent Normalisation DealsThis part reviews key 21st-century turning points: the 2005 Gaza pullout, later Gaza wars, rocket and tunnel dangers, and recent normalisation deals with Arab countries, checking their security, diplomatic, and home effects.
Sharon’s pullout plan and reasonsClearing out Gaza settlements and effectHamas takeover and inside Palestinian splitGaza wars and changing military waysRocket defence and Iron Dome systemAbraham Accords and regional shiftLesson 5Home Political Changes Since 2009: Division, Court Arguments, and Changing Party LinesWe look into Israeli home politics since 2009, focusing on election ups and downs, Netanyahu’s long time in power, growing division, arguments over court reform and balances, shifts in right and centre-left groups, and protest movements.
Netanyahu time and coalition patternsRise of centre and new protest partiesReligious-secular and ethnic splitsCourt reform plans and oppositionRole of Supreme Court and Basic LawsMass protests and public trust in bodiesLesson 6Peace Processes: Camp David (1978) and Oslo Accords (1993) — Terms and Political EffectThis part breaks down the 1978 Camp David Accords and 1993 Oslo framework, comparing their terms, carrying out challenges, and political effect on Israeli, Palestinian, and regional politics, including supporters’ hopes and critics’ security and rightfulness worries.
Sadat’s visit and Camp David talksEgypt-Israel treaty terms and resultsOslo I and Oslo II main rulesPalestinian Authority and limited self-ruleIsraeli and Palestinian public reactionsKillings, troublemakers, and breakdownsLesson 7Late 19th-Century Zionism: Key Thinkers, Movements, and the First AliyahWe follow late 19th-century Zionism under Ottoman control, pointing out key thinkers, ideological flows, and early bodies, and look at the First Aliyah’s numbers, settlement ways, relations with local people, and long-term political meaning.
European hate against Jews and Jewish nationalismHerzl, Ahad Ha’am, and rival viewsReligious, labour, and revisionist flowsFirst Aliyah numbers and beginningsFarm colonies and land buyingRelations with Arab communities and leadersLesson 81973 Yom Kippur War and Its Political/Economic AftermathHere we break down the surprise 1973 Yom Kippur War, battlefield happenings, big power involvement, and how the fight’s shock changed Israeli politics, economy, civil-military relations, and opened ways to pullout and peace talks.
Intelligence mistakes and warning signsEgyptian and Syrian attack plansU.S. and Soviet roles in the warHome shock and the Agranat CommissionEconomic crisis and oil ban effectsFrom war to pullout and peace talksLesson 9Intifadas (First and Second) and Their Effects on Security Policy and PoliticsThis part looks into the First and Second Intifadas, their beginnings in occupation and frustration, tactics used by both sides, and how these uprisings changed Israeli security policy, public view, Palestinian politics, and the wider peace process.
Roots of the First Intifada in daily lifeGrassroots setup and civil resistanceOslo process and Intifada resultsSecond Intifada triggers and riseSuicide bombings and counter waysSecurity wall and policy turnLesson 10UN Partition and 1948 War: Creation of the State and People/Political ResultsWe look at the 1947 UN Partition Plan, the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and how statehood, battlefield results, and people movements shaped Israel’s borders, people balance, Palestinian refugee status, and the new state’s political bodies.
UNSCOP suggestions and partition mapJewish and Arab replies to the planCivil war phase before May 1948Declaration of Independence and diplomacyMilitary campaigns and armistice linesNakba, refugees, and people shifts
