Lesson 1Ongoing shifts since 2010s: settlement expansion, diplomatic realignments, and recent major incidentsThis looks at changes from the 2010s onward, including more settlements growing, wars in Gaza, peace with some Arab countries, splits among Palestinians, and changes in American and world talks, ending with big fights and new stories about the conflict.
Making settlements legal and taking land in practiceWars in Gaza and new ways of fightingArab peace deals and the Abraham AccordsSplits in Palestinian politicsChanges in US policy under different leadersWhat the world thinks and legal actionsLesson 2Suez Crisis and 1950s regional dynamics: Arab states and Israeli securityThis studies the 1956 Suez problem, secret plans between Israel, Britain, and France, and answers from America and Soviet Union, showing how it affected Israel's ways to stop attacks, Arab national pride, UN peace keeping, and Cold War sides in the area.
Egypt's national pride and taking the canalSecret plans and attack ideas from three countriesIsrael's fight in Sinai landAmerica and Soviet talks to stop itUN peace force coming and Israel leavingEffects on Nasser's ideas and Arab-Israel fightsLesson 3Gaza developments since 2005 and periodic escalations: blockade, governance, and conflictThis focuses on Gaza after Israel left in 2005, when Hamas took over, the rules blocking things in and out, and repeated wars, looking at human needs, problems running things, help from neighbors, and how Gaza affects the bigger fight.
Israel leaving and removing settlementsHamas winning votes and controlling GazaRules blocking and controlling bordersRockets, air attacks, and ground fightsHuman suffering and rebuilding over and overHelp efforts from Egypt, Qatar, and UNLesson 41967 Six-Day War and its consequences: territories, occupation, and settlementsThis explores the 1967 Six-Day War, quick wins by Israel, and taking West Bank, Gaza, Sinai, and Golan, following how taking over land, UN rule 242, and early building projects changed the map and politics of the conflict.
Tensions in the area and army moves before warHow the war went on different sidesNew lands taken and stop-fight linesUN rule 242 and idea of land for peaceArmy control in taken landsStart of groups wanting to build settlements for beliefsLesson 5UN Partition Plan and 1947–49 war: outcome, refugees, and state formationThis covers the 1947 UN plan to divide, the fighting inside Mandatory Palestine, the 1948 Arab–Israeli war, and peace lines, explaining how states were made, people became refugees, and different stories came about winning and big losses.
UN group ideas and details of divide mapAnswers from Jewish and Arab leadersFighting phase at end of mandate timeArab countries joining and big battlesPeace deals and Green Line bordersPalestinian refugee problem and Nakba rememberingLesson 6British Mandate period and intercommunal tensions (1918–1947)This looks at the British Mandate in Palestine, laws, rules on coming to live, and fights over land, following how violence between groups, British ways to divide and rule, and failed divide ideas set up for later war.
League of Nations Mandate and British goalsBalfour Declaration put into lawWaves of Jewish coming and buying landArab protests, stops work, and country uprisingsBritish police and emergency rulesPeel group and divide ideasLesson 7Zionist congresses and early settlement (1897–1918): aims and international receptionThis studies early Zionist actions from the first big meeting through World War I, focusing on idea fights, settling plans, talks with big countries, and how local Arab people saw and answered these changes.
Herzl, Basel plan, and Zionist groupsFights between political and practical ZionismEarly farm places and land moneyRelations with Ottoman leaders and important peopleArab paper answers and local againstWorld War I talks and Balfour promiseLesson 81978–79 Camp David and Egypt–Israel peace: diplomacy and regional impactThis explores the Camp David talks, Egypt's separate peace with Israel, and US help, looking at how the deal changed sides in the area, Palestinian talks, army balances, and how Arab world saw Israel.
Sadat's trip to Jerusalem and talk startCamp David talks and US helpTerms of Egypt-Israel peace dealLeaving Sinai and safety plansArab area answer and Egypt aloneEffects on Palestinian speaking and plansLesson 9First and Second Intifadas: popular uprising, tactics, and political effects (1987–1993; 2000–2005)This follows the first and second uprisings, comparing how people joined, ways they fought, and leaders, and looks at how each big stand changed Israeli and Palestinian politics, safety ways, and world joining the fight.
Starts and organizing of first IntifadaPeople groups, stop work, and no buyOslo talks coming from first IntifadaThings that started second IntifadaBomb attacks and Israel army answerPolitics effects for Israeli and Palestinian leadersLesson 10Oslo process and its limits: agreements, institutions, and failuresThis studies the Oslo plan, its step-by-step way, and new groups, pointing out main deals, safety working together, settlement growing, and why it stopped, leaving big end issues not solved.
Oslo I, Oslo II, and Principles statementMaking and powers of Palestinian AuthoritySafety working and police plansSettlement growing in Oslo timesKillings, bombs, and no trustCamp David 2000 and end of final talks
