Lesson 1Ongoing shifts since 2010s: settlement expansion, diplomatic realignments, and recent major incidentsLooks at changes since the 2010s, including growth of settlements, wars in Gaza, deals with Arab countries, splits within Palestinians, and changes in US and world diplomacy, leading to big flare-ups and shifting stories of the conflict.
Settlement legalisation and de facto annexationGaza wars and evolving military doctrinesArab normalisation and the Abraham AccordsIntra-Palestinian political fragmentationUS policy shifts across administrationsGlobal public opinion and legal initiativesLesson 2Suez Crisis and 1950s regional dynamics: Arab states and Israeli securityBreaks down the 1956 Suez Crisis, secret plans between Israel, Britain, and France, and reactions from US and Soviet Union, showing how it affected Israel's defences, Arab unity, UN peace efforts, and Cold War sides in the region.
Egyptian nationalism and canal nationalisationTripartite collusion and invasion plansIsraeli campaign in Sinai PeninsulaUS and Soviet diplomatic interventionUNEF deployment and Israeli withdrawalImpact on Nasserism and Arab–Israeli rivalryLesson 3Gaza developments since 2005 and periodic escalations: blockade, governance, and conflictFocuses on Gaza after Israel's 2005 pullout, Hamas taking control, the blockade setup, and repeated wars, looking at human conditions, ruling challenges, mediation from neighbours, and how Gaza influences the bigger conflict picture.
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 settlementsExplores the 1967 Six-Day War, quick wins by Israel, and taking over West Bank, Gaza, Sinai, and Golan, following how occupation, UN Resolution 242, and early settlement efforts changed the map and politics of the conflict.
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 formationCovers the 1947 UN Partition Plan, fighting in British Palestine, the 1948 Arab–Israeli war, and ceasefire lines, explaining how states formed, refugees moved, and rival stories grew around wins and disasters.
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)Explores the British Mandate in Palestine, legal rules, immigration policies, and land fights, following how violence between groups, British divide tactics, and failed partition ideas set up later wars.
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 receptionLooks at early Zionist politics from the First Zionist Congress up to World War I, focusing on idea debates, settlement plans, talks with big powers, and how local Arab people saw and responded to these shifts.
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 impactExplores the Camp David Accords, Egypt’s separate peace with Israel, and US help in talks, looking at how the deal changed alliances in the region, Palestinian talks, military setups, and Arab views on Israel.
Sadat’s visit to Jerusalem and diplomatic openingCamp David negotiations and US 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)Follows the First and Second Intifadas, comparing community organising, methods, and leaders, and looking at how each uprising changed Israeli and Palestinian politics, security ways, and world involvement in the conflict.
Origins and organisation 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 failuresBreaks down the Oslo setup, its step-by-step approach, and new bodies, pointing out main deals, security teamwork, settlement growth, and why it stopped, leaving big end issues unsolved.
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
