Freeschool

From IKE

Contents 1 Lectures 1.1 Zionism 1.2 Creation of Israel 1.3 The 1967 War, Occupation and settlement of the West Bank 1.3.1 Lesson plan 1.4 Oslo and the intifadas 1.5 The Wall and the future of Israel-Palestine 2 To Do

Lectures

Zionism

• framing the conflict - Zionism and resistance to Zionism
• 1880 - partition
• Balfour Declaration
• British Mandate

Readings

Maps

• Partition [1] [2]

Creation of Israel

• War of 1948: Palestinan catastrophe, Israeli independence
• Refugees

Readings

Maps

• 1948 & 1967 - Destroyed (Depopulated) Villages [3] [4]

The 1967 War, Occupation and settlement of the West Bank

• Israeli occupation and settlement of the West Bank
• causes of 6-day war
• Judaization of West Bank
• Settlement policy

Readings

• Settlements [5]
• 67 [6] [

Maps

Lesson plan

• Collective impotence post-'48
• 56 as a major precursor
• Growth of Nationalism and Pan-Arabism
• 1967
• Palestinians being alone
• Formation of palestinian resistance groups (Hamas; PLO)

Oslo and the intifadas

• first intifada
• Oslo peace process
• Baruch Goldstein massacre, and suicide bombing
• Camp David
• al Aqsa intifada

Readings:

Camp David Hirst, David: 'Don't blame Arafat', Guardian, 17 July 2004 http://www.fromoccupiedpalestine.org/node.php?id=1370

Maps

• Camp David (Oslo II) [7] [8]

The Wall and the future of Israel-Palestine

• apartheid, ghettoization
• 'unilateral disengagement'
• Crisis of Zionism - demographic bomb

Readings

Maps

To Do

• Sound recording - CKDU Maranz
• Preparing FOP matching - fromoccupiedpalestine.org/freeschool
• AV prep and equipment