The Israel-Palestine Conflict

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This class focuses on the intertwined histories of Israel and Palestine during the late 19th and 20th centuries. The first part examines the region as a crossroads of empires. We’ll examine the political, economic, and social contexts that shaped Jewish and Palestinian nationalist movements in the region. The remainder of the class will examine the history of these intertwined populations in the period following 1948. Topics include: 19th-century. imperialism in the Middle East; antisemitism and the emergence of Zionism; Ottoman and British Palestine; Israeli and Palestinian societies under war and conflict, the peace processes; and the return of “religious” war.