Arab Israeli Conflict
A comprehensive concise course about the main conflict that influences heavily the Middle East politics.
Over hundreds of years, The Arab-Israeli Conflict is considered the oldest and most complicated conflict in human history, and it still remains unsolved.
This course is suitable for anyone interested in learning about the Middle East politics, and suitable for students of international relations and political science to know the major political facts associated with the Arab Israeli Conflict and Middle East.
The course covers everything, starting from the deeply-rooted reasons of hatred between Muslims and Jews, then the many wars between the two sides, and ends with the current situation facts.
Religion, World Wars, and Jerusalem were the main factors of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. These factors contributed significantly to firing the situation and breaking out several wars.
Learners in this course will experience Jew's and Muslim's religious instructions about the conflict. Learners will know the main wars and their causes, and will learn also about long stages of negotiations. The course includes essential information and explanations of terms repeated in news stories, like Hamas, Zionism, Sykes-Picot, and Temple Mount.
The course is designed to acquaint zero-knowledge learners with all the knowledge from scratch. The course highlights political tensions and major military battles.
The course consists of three sections. Each section contains PowerPoint presentations, multiple trusted essays from authentic sources and official references from both sides, and a worksheet to check understanding.
Although the essays are in English, there are Arabic articles and videos for advanced Arabic learners to further develop the language.
Who is this course for?
- Learners interested to know the origin of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and those who want to learn the religious viewpoints of Muslims and Jews about the conflict.
- Useful for international relations students who tend to be geared more toward the political tensions in the Middle East.
- Useful for world history and political sciences learners who study the development of Middle Eastern politics.
- Useful for future diplomats or politicians who plan to work in the Middle East.
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What will you learn?
- Moral judgments, political myths, beliefs, and ideas of Middle Eastern societies and politics.
- Historically-based facts and values about the nature of Middle Eastern conflicts.
- Gain the ability to explain the political climate in the Middle East and analyze a situation relevant to Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
- How the conflict affects the Middle East and World today.
What will you get?
- Torah’s opinion of the Jewish State “article.”
- The origin of Palestinian Israeli conflict “article.”
- Israel state in Judaism and Islam “Two Videos.”
- Jerusalem in Judaism and Islam “one video.”
- 1948 War “Two articles.”
- 1948 War “Arabic article.”
- 1967 War “Two articles.”
- 1973 War “Two articles.”
- PRESIDENT NIXON AND THE ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE IN THE 1973 ARAB-ISRAELI WAR “CIA Resource.”
- Stages of Founding Israel “Two videos.”
- Independence War “One video.”
- The Six Day War “Three videos.”
- Yom Kipur War “Two videos.”
- A Synopsis of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict “One article.”
- Is Israel an Apartheid Country? “One article.”
- Israeli-Palestinian negotiations history “Two articles.”
- What Israel's Right to Exist Means to Palestinians. “One article.”
- The Impossible Compromise “Two videos.”
- Extra external resources.
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Course contents:
Section 1: The Roots of Conflict:
Prior knowledge readings:
1. Essay 1: Is it true that the Torah forbids a Jewish State? "Israeli Source"
2. Essay 2: The Origin of Palestine Israel Conflict. "Palestinian Source"
3. PowerPoint Presentation:
- Zionism & Judaism.
- Israel in the Hebrew Bible.
- Full Israel State in Torah.
- What Does The Old Testment Say About State Of Israel?
- Holy Land and Proposed Land!
- How about Muslims?
- Jerusalem In Judaism.
- Jerusalem In Islam.
- Why Jerusalem Matters?
4. Worksheet.
Section 2: The Everlasting Wars:
Prior knowledge readings:
1. Essay 1: The Arab Israeli War of 1948 "US Source."
2. Essay 2: 1948 War "Jewish Source."
3. Essay 3: 1967 War.
4. Essay 4: The Six Day War "Jewish Source."
5. Essay 5: PRESIDENT NIXON AND THE ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE IN
THE 1973 ARAB-ISRAELI WAR.
6. Essay 6: The 1973 Arab Israeli War "US Source."
7. Essay 7: Yom Kippur War "Israeli Source."
9. Essay 8: لماذا خسرت مصر حرب 1948؟ "Arabic essay"
10. PowerPoint Presentation:
- The Conflict Through Six Maps: Map 1.
- The Father’s Death.
- Emergence of New Powers.
- European Imperialism.
- Sykes-Picot Agreement.
- Balfour’s Declaration.
- Map 2.
- The Jewish State.
- The British Withdrawal.
- Map 3.
- Founding Israel.
- The Pre-War Atmosphere.
- The Catastrophe War
“The Independence War”
- 1948 War: The Outcomes.
- Map 4.
- The Six-Day War “1967”: The Pre-war Atmosphere.
- The Setback War “1976” “Naksa.”
- Arabs’ Preparations for the War.
- Was Egypt Ready for War?
- The Situation in Israel.
- Was Israel Ready?
- The Six-Day War.
- Major Palestinian Organizations.
- Arab-Arab Conflict!.
- Land For Peace.
- UN Resolution 242.
- 1973 War.
- The War of Attrition.
11. Worksheet.
Section 3: The Impossible Compromise
Prior knowledge readings:
1. Essay 1: A Synopsis of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
2. Essay 2: Is Israel an Apartheid Country?
3. Essay 3: Israel-Palestinian Negotiations History & Overview "Israeli Source."
4. Essay 4: Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace "US analysis."
5. Essay 5: What Israel's Right to Exist Means to Palestinians "Palestinian Source."
6. PowerPoint Presentation:
- Map 5.
- The Palestinians After 1973 War.
- A Palestinian – Israeli Conflict.
- Hamas victory – Israel Withdrawal.
- Map 6.
- Hamas – Israel Conflict!.
- More Wars!.
- The Palestinian Schism.
- The Current Situation.
7. Worksheet.
Feel free to ask whenever you have any question.
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Your Instructor
Mohamed is a language teacher. He has taught Arabic as a foreign language at Fairfield University, CT. He got his Bachelor's Degree in Arabic journalism from Menoufiya Univeristy in Egypt then he studied TEFL diploma certified from Oxford University.
Mohamed studied language education technology class at Fairfield University, and attended several education workshops at Arizone State University, Fulbright Foreign Langauge Education Conference, and United Nations.
Mohamed has worked as an educational writer and wrote more than 200 articles about language education.
Course Curriculum
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StartStages of Founding Isreal 1 (17:14)
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StartStages of Founding Israel 2 (14:31)
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StartStages of Founding Israel Quiz
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StartIndependence War (14:37)
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StartThe Six-Day War 1 (12:36)
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StartThe Six Day War 2 (3:12)
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StartThe Six Day War 3 (7:25)
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StartThe Six Day War Quiz
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StartYom Kipur War 1 (9:09)
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StartYom Kipur War 2 (20:29)
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StartSection 2 Worksheet
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