Arguing Israel/Palestine

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

What to do about Palestine has been one of the most hotly debated questions over the past century or more. In this seminar we will explore those debates from the onset of the modern Zionist movement through the present day. Students will engage with primary sources including official testimonies, public speeches and events, published articles, broadcasted programs and more on a weekly basis to understand how arguments from all perspectives were being made and how they have evolved over time. By the end of the course students will have not only learned about the history of the Palestinian struggle with Zionism over the past century through the prism of impassioned and informed debate, but they will also gain an appreciation for how these issues have been argued over and why and how those arguments mattered and changed over time.