PSCI 3702
The Politics of Israel/Palestine
Contested dynamics in and regarding Israel and Palestine, including the development of Zionism, the Nakba, diaspora identities, human rights activism, and debates over analytical frameworks such as settler colonialism, competing nationalisms, and apartheid.
Topics
- development of Zionism
- Nakba
- diaspora identities
- human rights activism
- debates over analytical frameworks such as settler colonialism
- competing nationalisms
- apartheid
Course catalogue
2026
Readings
- Martin Bunton, The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2013). ($13.50 )
- Hahn Tapper & Sucharov, Chapter 3 (“Settler Colonialism”) Op-Ed: Omar Dajani and Mira Sucharov, “From Yad Vashem to Yasser Arafat's Office: A Palestinian and a Jew Tour Israeli and Palestinian Museums Together,”
- Haaretz (24 April 2023) https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-04-24/ty- article-opinion/.highlight/from-yad-vashem-to-yasser-arafats-office-a- palestinian-and-a-jew-tour-museums/00000187-b2de-d803-ad8f-fedfa9180000
- Hahn Tapper & Sucharov, Chapter 2 (“Self-Determination”) Short Essay: Hussein Ibish, “A 'Catastrophe' That Defines Palestinian Identity,” The Atlantic (14 May 2018)
- Bunton, Chapter 3 Book Chapter: Mira Sucharov, The International Self, Chapter 5 (“Israel and the Lebanon War”)
Undated
Readings
- 7 Article Jeremy Pressman, “A Brief History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict” and Po- http://web.uconn.edu/polisci/people/faculty/doc/history_press- ems man.pdf
- 9 Essays Hussein Ibish, https://www.theatlantic.com/international/ar- and Docu- chive/2018/05/the-meaningof-nakba-israel-palestine-1948- ment gaza/560294/
- Sucharov, chapters 5 Docu- UN Resolution 242 (Nov. 22, 1967) ments https://unispal.un.org/unispal.nsf/0/7D35E1F729DF491C85256 EE700686136
- Sucharov, chapter 6 Speech Document: Arafat’s speech to the UN in Geneva (1988): http://mondediplo.com/focus/mideast/arafat88-en
- Sucharov, chapter 7 11 Article, Letters of Mutual Recognition between Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Op-Eds, Rabin (1993) Docu- https://ecf.org.il/media_items/300
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing. Lectures three hours a week.