Arab-Israeli Conflict

Catalog description

The course traces the Arab-Israeli conflict from the end of the 19th century until the present, emphasizing the political and socioeconomic transformation of Palestine as Zionists and Palestinian Arabs struggled for political sovereignty in the same land. Topics include Anti-Semitism and the Birth of Zionism, the British Mandate, the creation of Israel, the relationship between Israel and the Arab states, the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, Palestinian resistance, Israel's war in Lebanon, diaspora politics, representations of the conflict in film and pop culture, and prospects for the future.